What is the use of package level protection in java?

Question

I know how package level protection in java works. I read a lot of code (including lots of open source stuff) and no-one seem to be using it. The whole protection l

Answer 1

In general, Default/Package protection can be used to to make "Public" classes and variables more restricted.

You only export a few methods from your class (if you're a good programmer) by tagging them public while keeping as much as possible private.

Package protection allows you to only export a few classes from your package, keeping the rest private.

In theory it's a great idea, in practice you almost never see it.