About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1330 :

[fasty23]

Explanation said:
"protected
It will allow the subclasses and the classes in same package to access the
method."
I think this definition is for "default" not protected.
Is it right?

[admin]

No, it is correct. subclasses can be in any package while classes in the same package do not need to be subclasses.