To define accessibility for a class, an interface, an attribute or a method, you have to use the visibility property in PowerDesigner. The following accessibility attributes are supported in PowerDesigner:
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VB .NET accessibility |
PowerDesigner visibility |
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Public (no restriction) |
Public |
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Protected (accessible by derived classes) |
Protected |
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Friend (accessible within the program that contains the declaration of the class) |
Friend |
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Protected Friend (accessible by derived classes and within the program that contains the declaration of the class) |
Protected Friend |
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Private (only accessible by the class) |
Private |
In the following example, the visibility of class Customer is friend:
Friend Class Customer