Modifier in c#

There are 5 access modifiers in C# which define the visibility of type members:

public

accessible from anywhere

internal

only accessible within the type itself or from other types within the same assembly

protected

only accessible within the type itself or from derived types

protected internal

only accessible within the type itself, from other types within the same assembly or from derived types in external assemblies

private (the default)

only accessible within the type itself

Types themselves can have the following access modifiers:

public

accessible from anywhere

internal (the default)

only accessible within the same assembly

protected

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible from the containing class or from derived classes

protected internal

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible within the containing class itself, from other types within the same assembly or from derived classes in external assemblies

private

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible within the containing type

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Vulpes14y ago
There are 5 access modifiers in C# which define the visibility of type members:

public

accessible from anywhere

internal

only accessible within the type itself or from other types within the same assembly

protected

only accessible within the type itself or from derived types

protected internal

only accessible within the type itself, from other types within the same assembly or from derived types in external assemblies

private (the default)

only accessible within the type itself

Types themselves can have the following access modifiers:

public

accessible from anywhere

internal (the default)

only accessible within the same assembly

protected

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible from the containing class or from derived classes

protected internal

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible within the containing class itself, from other types within the same assembly or from derived classes in external assemblies

private

this only applies to nested types which are only accessible within the containing type