Protected Access modifier

As the following example program illustrates, it is possible for a virtual method to carry the protected access modifier.

Note that any overrides of such a method in derived classes must also be protected - you can't change the access modifier to public:

using System;

class Parent

{

protected virtual void Method()

{

Console.WriteLine("Parent's Method called");

}

class Child : Parent

{

protected override void Method()

{

Console.WriteLine("Child's Method called");

base.Method(); // now call Parent's version

}

public Child()

{

this.Method();

}

class Program

{

static void Main()

{

new Child();

Console.ReadKey();

}

The output is:

Child's Method called

Parent's Method called

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Vulpes12y ago
As the following example program illustrates, it is possible for a virtual method to carry the protected access modifier.

Note that any overrides of such a method in derived classes must also be protected - you can't change the access modifier to public:

using System;

class Parent
{
protected virtual void Method()
{
Console.WriteLine("Parent's Method called");
}
}

class Child : Parent
{
protected override void Method()
{
Console.WriteLine("Child's Method called");
base.Method(); // now call Parent's version
}

public Child()
{
this.Method();
}
}

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
new Child();
Console.ReadKey();
}
}

The output is:

Child's Method called
Parent's Method called