If a member of its superclass is declared public, the subclass inherits that member : public « Modifiers « SCJP






package cert;
public class MainClass {
  public String doMainClassThings() {
    return "fun";
  }
}

package notcert;   //Not the package MainClass is in
import cert.MainClass;
class Cloo extends MainClass {
  public void testCloo() {
    System.out.println(doMainClassThings());
  }
}








3.4.public
3.4.1.The most generous access modifier is public.
3.4.2.If a member of its superclass is declared public, the subclass inherits that member