Chapter 17 Working with VB .NET
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:
| VB .NET accessibility | PowerDesigner visibility |
|---|---|
| Public (no restriction) | Public |
| Protected (accessible by derived classes) | Protected |
| Friend (accessible within the program that contains the declaration of the class) | Friend |
| Protected Friend (accessible by derived classes and within the program that contains the declaration of the class) | Protected Friend |
| Private (only accessible by the class) | Private |
In the following example, the visibility of class Customer is friend:
Friend Class Customer
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