C++ 14 Quick Syntax Reference, Second Edition

CHAPTER 16

Access Levels

Every class member has an accessibility level that determines where the member will be visible. There are three of them available in C++: public, protected and private. The default access level for class members is private. To change the access level for a section of code, an access modifier is used followed by a colon. Every field or method that comes after this label will have the specified access level, until another access level is set or the class declaration ends.

class MyClass{  int myPrivate; public:  int myPublic;  void publicMethod();};

Private Access

All members regardless of their access level are accessible ...