Protected

If a variable or method in a class is made protected, then subclasses and other classes in the same package can access it. For now, regard classes in the same package as all being in the same disk directory (folder). Declaring a member protected opens it up to much more access than private but not as much as public. Here is how Video and Movie can be changed:

class Video
{
  protected String  title;    // name of the item
  protected int     length;   // number of minutes
  protected boolean avail;    // is the video in the store?

  . . .
}

class Movie extends Video
{
 . . .
  public String toString()
  {
    return title + ", " + length + " min. available:" + avail +  // these protected variables CAN NOW be accessed
           " dir: " + director + ", rating:  " + rating ; 
  }
  . . .
}