7.1-2_Access Modifiers

Question 1

What are the four access modifiers Java offers?

Answer 1

private | default | protected | public

Question 2

What does private modifier means?

Answer 2

Methods/Fields can be called only from within the same class.

Question 3

What does default modifier means?

Answer 3

When there is no access modifier defined, the Methods/Fields can be called only from same class and classes in the same package.

🤯️ This one is tricky because there is no keyword for default access.

Question 4

What does protected modifier means?

Answer 4

Methods/Fields can be called only from within the same class/package and sub-classes.

Question 5

What does public modifier means?

Answer 5

Methods/Fields can be called from any class. (same class/package, sub-classes and any package regardless)