Access rights control for Java members

Access control in Java consists of two parts:

• Access Control for classes
• Control of access rights for class members

For classes, the access control modifier can be public or no modifier (the default package access permission);

For class members, the access control modifier can be public,protected, package private (no modifier), or private.

The following table summarizes the access levels that correspond to the different access control modifiers in class Members:

Access rights control for Java members