title: Does Java have a "private protected" access modifier?
body: <p>I have seen some references refer to a access modifier in Java called <code>private protected</code> (both words together):</p>
  
  <pre><code>private protected someMethod() {
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>One of the pages I found referring to this is <a href="https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr96/cs333/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodaccess.html">here</a>. My school lesson also referred to this access modifier (and said it exists). Using it, however, results in an error in the Java language.</p>
  
  <p>I tried with both variables and methods and I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist, but I want an explanation of what happened. Was it considered, then rejected? Or did it get removed in a newer version of Java?</p>
  
  <p>Edit: I am not looking for info about the <code>protected</code> keyword.</p>