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| 26. | Can a class be declared as protected? |
A class can't be declared as protected. only methods can be declared as protected. |
| 27. | What is the access scope of a protected method? |
A protected method can be accessed by the classes within the same package or by the subclasses of the class in any package. |
| 28. | What is the purpose of declaring a variable as final? |
A final variable's value can't be changed. final variables should be initialized before using them. |
| 29. | What is the impact of declaring a method as final? |
A method declared as final can't be overridden. A sub-class can't have the same method signature with a different implementation. |
| 30. | I don't want my class to be inherited by any other class. What should i do? |
You should declared your class as final. But you can't define your class as final, if it is an abstract class. A class declared as final can't be extended by any other class. |
