Avoid protected data
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Reil's Heuristic #5.3: All data in a base class should be private; do not use protected data.
- data - The fields defined within a class
- private - To restrict accessibility to within an instance of a class
- protected - To restrict accessibility to within an instance of a class, and to instances of inheriting classes
Description
Riel's Heuristic #5.3 demands that access to a class's fields should be restricted to instances of that class. Inheriting classes should access these fields via accessor methods only. By restricting a subclass's field accesses in this way, a designer is free to change the manner in which the data is stored within the base class, with minimal effect on subclasses.
