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7/13/2012

Access Modifiers in C#

Following are the access modifiers in C#

  • Public
  • Private
  • Protected
  • Internal
  • Protected Internal
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Public :
The type or members can be accessed by any other code in the same assembly or another assembly that references it.

Private : 
The type or member can be accessed only by code in the same class or struct.

Protected :
 The type or member can be accessed only by code in the same class or struct, or in a class that is derived from that class.

Internal :
 The type or member can be accessed by any code in the same assembly, but not from another assembly.

Protected Internal :
The type or member can be accessed by any code in the assembly in which it is declared, or from within a derived class in another assembly. Access from another assembly must take place within a class declaration that derives from the class in which the protected internal element is declared, and it must take place through an instance of the derived class type.