What is the difference between public, protected, package-private and private in Java?

• Private – Like you’d think, only the class in which it is declared can see it
• Package Private – Can only be seen and used by the package in which it was declared. This is the default in Java (which some see as a mistake)
• Protected – Package Private + can be seen by subclasses or package member
• Public – Everyone can see it

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|           │ Class │ Package │ Subclass │ Subclass │ World  |
|           │       │         │(same pkg)│(diff pkg)│        |
|───────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────|
|public     │   +   │    +    │    +     │     +    │   +    | 
|───────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────|
|protected  │   +   │    +    │    +     │     +    │        | 
|───────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────|
|no modifier│   +   │    +    │    +     │          │        | 
|───────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────|
|private    │   +   │         │          │          │        |
|___________|_______|_________|__________|__________|________|
 + : accessible         blank : not accessible