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What is the difference between public, protected, package-private and private in Java?
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Java has private, protected, and public access modifiers. Can you explain the accessibility scope of these modifiers.
How can I access a protected member within a different package?
For better understanding you need to see this
Access Modifiers
Same Class Same Package Subclass Other packages
public Y Y Y Y
protected Y Y Y N
no access modifier Y Y N N
private Y N N N
Here the important difference is between Default
and protected
.
Default: Never accessible outside the package
Protected: Only accessible outside the package, if and only if the class is a subclass
Please see this for further details.
Edit: As your question's answer is also the same that You can access the protected member by make your class a sub class of the class , in which protected member is defined