Ok, so if modelS has all the same properties, I should be able to access name or manufacturerName right?

System.out.println(modelS.name);

Results in :

Main.java:13: error: name has private access in Car
        System.out.println(modelS.name);
                                 ^
1 error

Why? Notice we had mentioned private before the variable name in class Car. This marks the variable as private to the class which means that the variable cannot be modified or accessed from another class, even if an object of the class is instantiated. So, unless you provide a public setter method or any other public method to access the variable, there is no way it's visible to the outside world.

There are other kinds of access modifiers such as public, protected, default etc. Read more about them here.

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