Java: cannot access a protected member of the superclass in the extending subclass

Question

I want some discussions about this, but I could not infer the answer for my case. Still need help.

Here is my code:

package JustRandomPackage;

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Answer 1

Your code will work if YetAnotherClass will be in the same package as ATypeNameProgram. As others wrote it won't work in other cases. Here is the working example.

package my.example;

public class MainClass extends MyAnotherClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MyAnotherClass bill = new MyAnotherClass();
        System.out.println(bill.value); // this will work
    }
}

package my.example;

public class MyAnotherClass {

    protected int value = 5;

}