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Browse All TopicsI get these confused all of the time. Can someone quickly explain to me what the differences are between Public, Private, Protected, Protected Friend, Static Variable declarations and when and why to use them?
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by: jungesPosted on 2009-08-28 at 14:39:17ID: 25211754
Static Variable:
If a Class have an static variable then only one instance will be present even when you create more instances from this class
public:
Signifies that the member is accessible from outside the class's definition and hierarchy of derived classes.
protected:
The member is not visible outside the class and can be accessed by derived classes only.
private:
The member cannot be accessed outside the scope of the defining class. Therefore, not even derived classes have access to these members.
internal:
The member is visible only within the current compilation unit. The internal access modifier creates a hybrid of public and protected accessibility depending on where the code resides.