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Thread: Why cannot the class be protected?

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    Default Why cannot the class be protected?

    Why can’t we make protected class when we can make default class which is more restricted ?

    Ex :

    Public class A {} complies well
    Class A {} complies well
    Protected class A {} compilation fails. Why so ??


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    There is not such thing like a "protected" class ...
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