Scope modifiers: Difference between revisions

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protected internal //visible to anything inside the same assembly and also to derived classes outside the assembly.

private //visible only to the current class.

C# 7.2 adds:

//C# 7.2 adds:

private protected //visible to current class and to derived classes inside the same assembly.

//~~Modifier~~ | ~~Class~~ | ~~Assembly~~ | ~~Subclass~~ | ~~World~~

// | | subclass | other class || subclass | other class

//Modifier | class | in same assembly | in same assembly || outside assembly | outside assembly

//--------------------------------------------------------

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

//~~public~~ | Y | Y | Y | Y

//~~protected~~ ~~internal~~ | Y | Y | Y | N

//public | Yes | Yes | Yes || Yes | Yes

//protected | Y | N | Y | N

//protected internal | Yes | Yes | Yes || Yes | No

//~~internal~~ | Y | Y | N | N

//protected | Yes | Yes | No || Yes | No

//~~private~~ | Y | N | N | N

//internal | Yes | Yes | Yes || No | No

//private | Yes | No | No || No | No

// C# 7.2:

//private protected | Y | ~~intersection~~ | N</lang>

//private protected | Yes | Yes | No || No | No</lang>

If no modifier is specified, it defaults to the most restrictive one.<br/>

In case of top-level classes/structs/interfaces/enums this means internal, otherwise it means private.