June 3, 2002 - Using the protected Modifier

Yehuda Shiran June 3, 2002
Using the protected Modifier
Tips: June 2002

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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The protected modifier makes a member of a class or interface visible within that class or interface and within all derived classes of the current class. Any member of a class or interface, including nested members, can be marked with protected. You cannot tag members of classes in the global scope with protected. You may not combine the protected modifier with any of these three: private, internal, and public.

  class Demo {
    var NonProtectedVar : int;      // A non-protected field belonging to a class instance.
    protected var ProtectedVar : int;  // A protected field belonging to the class.
  }
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