Hello, maybe I’m getting confused but I was expecting for this print line to return an error since I’m trying to access a private field (age) from outside its class (Parent)? Thanks class Parent{ private int age; public Parent(int age){ this.age = age; } } class Child extends Parent…

[image] plux: … I’m trying to access a private field age from outside its class Parent? private / Reference This keyword is used to disallow other classes access to the fields and methods within a class. The private keyword is used before a field or method that you want to be ava…

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All members inside “.pde” files belong to (are nested inside) a single PApplet subclass!
Nothing is actually private among them.
However, access restriction would still apply when an access attempt is made from within a “.java” file to a “.pde” 1; and vice-versa.

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