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Khana-e Noor

University
Computer Science Faculty

Object Oriented
Programming (C++)
C++
Access Specifiers
Outline
 Access Specifiers
 Types of Access Specifiers
 Access Specifiers Examples
Access Specifiers
 By now, you are quite familiar with the public
keyword that appears in all of our class
examples:
Example
class MyClass { // The class
public: // Access specifier
// class members goes here
};
Note
 The public keyword is an access specifier.
 Access specifiers define how the members
(attributes and methods) of a class can be
accessed.
 In the example above, the members are public
- which means that they can be accessed and
modified from outside the code.
 However, what if we want members to be
private and hidden from the outside world?
Three Access Specifiers
 public - members are accessible from outside
the class
 private - members cannot be accessed (or
viewed) from outside the class
 protected - members cannot be accessed
from outside the class, however, they can be
accessed in inherited classes. You will learn
more about Inheritance later.
Three Access Specifiers
 In the following example, we demonstrate the
differences between public and private
members:
Example (Part 1)
Example (Part 2)
Attention!
 If you try to access a private member, an error
occurs:
error: y is private
Note 1
 It is possible to access private members of a
class using a public method inside the same
class.
 See the next chapter (Encapsulation) on how
to do this.
Note 2
 It is considered good practice to declare your
class attributes as private (as often as you
can).
 This will reduce the possibility of yourself (or
others) to mess up the code.
 This is also the main ingredient of the
Encapsulation concept, which you will learn
more about in the next chapter.
Note 3
 By default, all members of a class are
private if you don't specify an access
specifier:
Any Questions?

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