procted variable access in subclass

[santhosh.R gowda]

Dear all,
I had three packages

package test1
public class class1
{
protected int i=10;
}

 
package test2
import test1.*;
public class class2 extends class1
{
}

package test2
public class class21 extends class2
{
}

 
package test3
import test2.*;
public class  class3 extends class2
{
}
   

So here protected variable get accesed in class 2 and class 3 only...if protected variable accesed in class2 why not it has been accesed in class21 as in book(SCJP preparation) they are telling once the protected variable is accesed through sub-class it will become private for that class so i agree with this so other classes can't access (class21 cant acess class2 inherited protected variable) so when we extend class2 in another package(test3-class3)it will be acceses how this is possible

[Henry Wong]

Protected variables of a class, can be accessed by all subclasses... ie. class test21 should have no issues accessing the protected variable of class test1.

Henry