Why can a protected field be access from a class that is not a subtype?

Question

I have wired problem. I have this class:

public class Player {
...
     protected int x;
}

and in another test-class (which not extends Player):

    Player p = new Player("gfdg");
    p.x = 10;
    System.out.println(p.x);

^ it's actually work!

why java treat the protected as public?

Classes in same package? Nothing Eclipse-specific. – qqilihq Oct 01 '14 at 19:50 — qqilihq, Oct 01 '14 at 19:50
Can you provide full code? It doesn't show me package name. – Mind Peace Oct 01 '14 at 19:50 — Mind Peace, Oct 01 '14 at 19:50
They must be in the same package. – monika Oct 01 '14 at 19:51 — monika, Oct 01 '14 at 19:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '14 at 19:50

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Protected fields are visible within the package.

answered Oct 01 '14 at 19:50

Atuos

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