Summary of Access Modifiers

Modifier	Accessible Within Class	Accessible in Subclasses	Accessible Outside Class
public	Yes	Yes	Yes
private	Yes	No	No
protected	Yes	Yes	No

Key Takeaways

• Use public for members that need to be accessible by all parts of the application.
• Use private for members that should only be used internally within the class.
• Use protected for members that should be accessible in the class and its subclasses but not from outside.

Access modifiers help encapsulate class data and methods, ensuring that your code is more modular, maintainable, and less prone to errors.