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Of course, if you mark a variable or method with the public keyword, you provide access from all compilation units in all packages:

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| Everywhere else                                            | 
*------------------------ | ---------------------------------* 
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*------------------------ | ---------------------------------* 
| *---------------------- | -------*   *-------------------* | 
| |                *----- v -----* |   |                   | | 
| |                |    Same     | |   |                   | | 
| |                |    class    | |   |                   | | 
| |                |      |      | |   |                   | | 
| | Rest of the    |      v      | |   | Other compilation | | 
| | compilation -----> minutes <-------- unit, same package| | 
| | unit           |      ^      | |   |                   | | 
| |                |      |      | |   |                   | | 
| |                *----- | -----* |   |                   | | 
| *---------------------- | -------*   *-------------------* | 
*------------------------ | ---------------------------------* 
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*------------------------ | ---------------------------------* 
| *---------------------- | -------------------------------* | 
| |          *----------- | -------*                       | | 
| |          | Subclass in another |                       | | 
| |          | compilation unit in |                       | | 
| |          | another package     |                       | | 
| |          *---------------------*                       | | 
| *--------------------------------------------------------* | 
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