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3.5.3.Child class accesses the protected variables through inheritance, not accessing it through a reference to an instance of the superclass.

package certification;

public class Parent {

   protected int x = 9; // protected access

}





package other;

import certification.Parent;

class Child extends Parent {

   public void testIt() {

      System.out.println("x is " + x); // Child inherits x

      Parent p = new Parent(); 

      System.out.println("X in parent is " + p.x); // Compiler error!

   }

}

3.5.protected
	3.5.1.	protected features are even more accessible than default features.
	3.5.2.	Let's take a look at a protected instance variable of a superclass.
	3.5.3.	Child class accesses the protected variables through inheritance, not accessing it through a reference to an instance of the superclass.

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