Aside from Permitting Inheritance, the Visibility Modifier Protected Is Also

Multiple Choice

Aside from permitting inheritance, the visibility modifier protected is also used to

A) permit access to the protected item by any class defined in the same package
B) permit access to the protected item by any static class
C) permit access to the protected item by any parent class
D) ensure that the class can not throw a NullPointerException
E) define abstract elements of an interface