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invalid access to protected function, weird issue

```open class Test {
    protected open fun test() {}
}

open class SubClassTest : Test() {
    var classTest: Test = Test()

    public override fun test() {
        //failing because "test()" is protected in Test
        //java is fine with it
        classTest.test()
    }
}```

Am I missing something ?
this code is perfectly fine in java

`protected` is more strict in Kotlin than in Java. It does not include "package-private" (since there is no such thing in Kotlin).
In Java you can access the `test` here, because its the same package.
If `Test` were in a different package than `SubClassTest` this access would not be allowed from Java eitherr.

i'm not sure if I follow it...
same package, it's marked as protected.

Why shouldn't I be able to access it ?

java's package-private is not involved in that example, or am I wrong ?

Java's protected includes package-private ("default") visibilty.

That is what is granting you access here, not the "protected"-ness.

The definition "subclasses can access it" is a bit misleading. What you can access is that method _on instances of the subclass_.