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Protected Variable

Posted By: Cadencia Bernard     Category: Java     Views: 11003

This article explains about protected variable in java with example.

Protected variable can be accessed only by code in a subclass or the same package.

Syntax of Protected Variable

protected type varName = value; 

type is any data type in java.
varName is any valid identifier in java. It is a variable name.
value is an optional. You can initialize variable by assigning its value. 

Example of Protected Variable

Example 1 : Program that illustrates protected variable use in java using shape class 

public class Shape
   protected int sides; 

   public Shape() 
   { 
     sides = 3; 
   } 

   
   public int getSides() 
   { 
     return sides; 
   } 

   public printSides() 
   { 
      System.out.println("This object has " + sides + " sides." );
   } 


public class Square extends Shape
  public Square(int nSides) 
  { 
    sides = nSides;  // dont need to call super class constructor due to protected type of variable.
  } 

class ProtectedVariableDemo
{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
       Square sObj = new Square(10);

       sObj.printSides();
   }
}


Output

This object has 10 sides.
  
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Cadencia Bernard
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