PROTECTED:

 Synopsis

         Cause subsequent messages to be protected

 Syntax

         PROTECTED:

 Description

         This command causes subsequent variable, message and method
         declarations in a class specification to be treated as protected,
         ie. accessible to methods of the current class and its subclasses,
         but not accessible from elsewhere.

         Sending a protected message to an object outside a method of that
         object's class or subclasses will result in a Class(y) error, in
         the form of a protectErr messsage being sent to the object.

 See Also

         HIDDEN:, EXPORT: