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**PROTECTED**

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The **PROTECTED** attribute specifies that the PROCEDURE on whose prototype it is placed is visible only to the PROCEDUREs declared within the same CLASS structure (the other methods of that CLASS) and the methods of any CLASS derived from the CLASS. This encapsulates the PROCEDURE from being called from any code external to the CLASS within which it is prototyped or subsequently derived CLASSes.

**Example:**

**OneClass  CLASS,MODULE('OneClass.CLW'),TYPE **

**BaseProc   PROCEDURE(REAL Parm)                      !Public method**

**Proc       PROCEDURE(REAL Parm),****PROTECTED****            !Declare a protected method**

**          END**

**TwoClass  OneClass                                   !Instance of OneClass**

**ThreeClass CLASS(OneClass),MODULE('ThreeClass.CLW')  !Derived from OneClass**

**ThreeProc   PROCEDURE(REAL Parm)                     !Declare a Public method**

**           END**

** CODE**

** TwoClass.BaseProc(1)                                !Legal call to BaseProc**

** TwoClass.Proc(2)                                    !Illegal call to Proc**

**!In OneClass.CLW:**

** MEMBER()**

**OneClass.BaseProc  PROCEDURE(REAL Parm)**

** CODE**

** SELF.Proc(Parm)                                     !Legal call to Proc**

**OneClass.Proc    PROCEDURE(REAL Parm)**

** CODE**

** RETURN(Parm)**

**!In ThreeClass.CLW:**

** MEMBER()**

**ThreeClass.NewProc  PROCEDURE(REAL Parm)**

** CODE**

** SELF.Proc(Parm)                                    !Legal call to Proc**

**See Also:**

[[class  object declaration .htm|CLASS]]