Public: (Access Control)
Specifies public member access control in a Type or Class
typename
member declarations
Public: indicates that member declarations following it have public access. Public members are accessible with any usage of the Type or Class.
member declarations following Public: are public until a different access control specifier is given, like Private: or Protected:
Members in a Type declaration are Public: by default if no member access control specifier is given.
Syntax
Parameters
typename
member declarations
declarations for fields, functions, or enumerations
Description
Public: indicates that member declarations following it have public access. Public members are accessible with any usage of the Type or Class.
member declarations following Public: are public until a different access control specifier is given, like Private: or Protected:
Members in a Type declaration are Public: by default if no member access control specifier is given.
Example
Type testing
Private:
nome As String
Public:
number As Integer
Declare Sub setNome( ByRef newnome As String )
End Type
Sub testing.setnome( ByRef newnome As String )
this.nome = newnome
End Sub
Dim As testing myVariable
'' We can access these members anywhere since
'' they're public
myVariable.number = 69 ''
myVariable.setNome( "FreeBASIC" )
Private:
nome As String
Public:
number As Integer
Declare Sub setNome( ByRef newnome As String )
End Type
Sub testing.setnome( ByRef newnome As String )
this.nome = newnome
End Sub
Dim As testing myVariable
'' We can access these members anywhere since
'' they're public
myVariable.number = 69 ''
myVariable.setNome( "FreeBASIC" )
Dialect Differences
- Available only in the -lang fb dialect.
Differences from QB
- New to FreeBASIC
See also
- Class
- Private: (Access Control)
- Protected: (Access Control)
- Public
- Type