According to object oriented principles, we can define any class in any namespace as private or protected but when I create a class as private or protected I get the following compilation error:
Elements defined in a namespace cannot be explicitly declared as private, protected, or protected internal
namespace test
{
public class A
{
public A()
{
}
}
protected class B //throwing error
{
}
}
I searched for a solution and I found the following on Stack Overflow:
Anything that is not a member of an enclosing type (class) doesn't make sense at all to be protected.
Why can't I declare B as protected?
I guess I don't understand what protected means. What does it mean?
Sam Leach :
Only nested classes can be marked as protected.\n\nnamespace test\n{\n public class A\n {\n public A() { }\n\n protected class B\n {\n public B() { }\n }\n } \n}\n",
2014-04-03T13:10:37
Murdock :
Protected says that the class can only be used inside the class it is specified in or inherited from. Therefore it does not make sense to declare a protected class in a namespace. What would this mean? Protected can only be applied to nested classes therefore.",
2014-04-03T13:11:22