Re: Class private to a namespace

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"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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j1mb0jay <jap6@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Access Modifiers for classes

public - class visible everywhere.
default - only access from same package.

No, that's "access from same assembly". It's equivalent to writing
"internal". .NET has no notion of package-level access. (.NET doesn't
have packages, either - Java does, and there the default is indeed
package access.)

These are the only two options I am aware of for a class, I'm sure the
protected modifier is only available for methods and attributes.

Private and protected are available for nested types (and private is
the default in that situation).

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Here's some definition for the OP. This is from Tim Patrick's
"Start-to-Finish VB2005" book. I think that he's looking for is "Friend".

Public -- available everywhere. You can write an app or component that
exposes its types to code beyond itself.

Private -- private variables can be used by any member or procedure w/i the
type. Each instance of a class contains its own version of the variable. If
you derive a new class from a base class that includes a private variable,
the code in that derived class will have no access at all to that Private
variable.

Protected -- like Private, but code in derived classes can also access
them. You can only use this keyword in a class definition, not a structure
or a module.

Friend -- Private to an assembly. They can be used by any code in their
related class/type, but also by any code anywhere in the same assembly.

ProtectedFriend -- Can only be used in classes. Combines all features of
Friend and Protected.

Robin S.
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