If we subclass Example
to a public
class , then code outside the package can access test()
method using the subclass instance if it is public
.
Example:
package A;
class Example {
public void test() {}
}
package A;
public class SubExample extends Example {
}
package B;
import A.SubExample;
class OutsidePackage {
public void some method(SubExample e){
// Had test been defined with default access in class Example
// the below line would be a compilation error.
e.test();
}
}