Chapter 18. Access Control
FAQ 18.01 What is the purpose of this chapter?
This chapter presents the three types of access control in C++ classes. Access controls allow the programmer to declare a class's members as public:, protected:, and/or private:.
FAQ 18.02 How are private:, protected:, and public: different?
The situation is similar to personal secrets (shared only with friends), family secrets (shared with friends and children), and nonsecrets (shared with anybody), respectively.
A private: member of a class is accessible only by members and friends of the class.
A protected: member of a class is accessible by members and friends of the class and by members and friends of derived classes, provided they access the base member via a ...
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