Why subclass in another package cannot access a protected method?

Question

I have two classes in two different packages:

package package1;

public class Class1 {
    public void tryMePublic() {
    }

    protected void tryMeProtect         


        

Answer 1

the protected modifier is 1.Package Private 2.can be seen by subclasses from other packages. now the key difference between :

MyClass1 c = new MyClass1();
    c.tryMeProtected();

and

tryMyProtected(); 

is that the MyClass1 reference is used rather than inheritance. MyClass1 is in a different package and this code is not inheriting from MyClass1.