What are private, public and protected access specifiers?

Answer 1

protected is also called 'package private'. Can be accessed by all derived classes and by all classes inside the same package.

Answer 2

*Private means thet this object can't be accessed outside of the class even if you derive its class.
*Public means that the object can be accessed outside the class and can be derived.
*Protected is Simillar to the private but when you derive a class to another the object can be accessed.

Answer 3

i agree with ehab