Access modifiers are keywords in programming that determine the accessibility of classes, methods, and variables. They control whether other parts of the program can access and use these elements.
Private Access: This refers to an access modifier that restricts the visibility of a class, method, or variable to only within its own class.
Public Access: This refers to an access modifier that allows unrestricted visibility and accessibility to a class, method, or variable from any part of the program.
Protected Access: This refers to an access modifier that allows visibility within its own package and subclasses outside the package.
AP Computer Science A - 1.2 Variables and Primitive Data Types
What is the order of the access modifiers in terms of restrictiveness from least to most?
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