Access specifier while overriding methods

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Published on 2010-04-19T22:54:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 23:03 UTC
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Assume you have a class that defines virtual methods with the access specifier public. Can you change the access specifier on your overriden methods? I am assuming no. Looking for an explanation.

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