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# Access Modifiers

 Access modifiers help you set the level of access you want for your Class, variables as well as Methods.

 The access modifiers in java specify accessibility (scope) of a data member, method, constructor or class. 

#### There are 4 types of java access modifiers:

 1\. Private

 2\. Default

 3\. Protected 

4\. public

####  1) private access modifier 

The private access modifier is accessible only within class. Simple example of private access modifier In this example, we have created two classes A and Simple. A class contains private data member and private method. We are accessing these private members from outside the class, so there is compile time error.

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####  2) default access modifier

 If you don't use any modifier, it is treated as default by default. The default modifier is accessible only within package.

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####  3) protected access modifier

####  The protected access modifier is accessible within package and outside the package but through inheritance only. **The protected access modifier can be applied on the data member, method and constructor. It can't be applied on the class.**

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####  4) public access modifier

 The public access modifier is accessible everywhere. It has the widest scope among all other modifiers.

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