Protected vs Private Access Modifiers in Java

Access modifiers are those elements in code that determine the scope for that variable. As we know there are three access modifiers available namely public, protected, and private. Let us see the differences between Protected and Private access modifiers. 

Access Modifier 1: Protected

The methods or variables declared as protected are accessible within the same package or different packages. By using protected keywords, we can declare the methods/variables protected.

Syntax:

protected void method_name(){

......code goes here..........

}

Example:

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Access Modifier 2: Private 

The methods or variables that are declared as private are accessible only within the class in which they are declared. By using private keyword we can set methods/variables private.

Syntax: 

private void method_name(){

......code goes here..........

}

Example:

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Now after having an understanding of the internal working of both of them let us come to conclude targeted major differences between these access modifiers.