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Accessibility Modifiers [JAVA]

protected

Accessible from the package in which the class is declared and in all subclasses of the class.

private

default

= no modifier at all

public

Public members are accessible from everywhere.
 classesinterfacesmembers
public   
protected only within class body [§8.1.1]   
private [§8.1.1]   
default   
public only top level classes and member classes [§8.1.1]