confused with protected qualifier.....plz solve this query...

[money123]

Class "Foo" resides in package "com.foo" and contains
methods with the following declarations:

a. final String getName()
b. protected final String getDescription()
c. private String getCode()
d. synchronized String getFilename()
e. String getID()

Class "Bar" extends "Foo" and resides in package
"com.foo.bar"

Referring to the scenario above, which one of the methods of "Foo" is accessible to class "Bar"?

Choice 1

Method a
Choice 2

Method b
Choice 3

Method c
Choice 4

Method d
Choice 5

Method e

I think its either answer a or b

[brianhks]

Only B is accessible to the Bar class. The other methods have what is called package scope. Look here

[cruxblack]

Access modifier
- private = available only inside it's own class
- default (no modifier) = available inside it's own class and subclasses residing in the same directory only
- protected = available inside it's own class and subclasses anywhere
- public = available publically, no limitation

Foo methods that are accessible to the Bar class are
a aren't accessible, since it's access modifier are default n bar located in another directory
b are accessible
c aren't accesible, its private
d aren't accesible, synchronized aren't an access modifier, its used for thread synchronization, the access modifier for the method are default
e aren't available, having a default modifier

I hope this isn't some kinda homework
But if i were supposed to pick one, i'll pick the one with the less limitation, choice 2 ==> b
Hope this helps

[money123]

thankyou so much....
this is not a homework but a test in which i appeared...
so was confused with my answer......
but now clarified.....txx