title: Java Protected method in an Interface?
body: <p>i am trying to create a interface where its methods are protected or only visible to the class that implements it.</p>
  
  <p>The issue is this. i have two classes that do more or less the exact same thing but with different parameters and behaviour, but the actual steps it takes is identical.</p>
  
  <p>i was thinking ok i have two similar classes so lets just create a interface that both these classes implement. Should be ok right? well it is. it does the job but with a serious flaw, All and i mean all of the methods it overrided in these two classes are now visible to the naked eye.</p>
  
  <p>They can be accessed as they are defined "public". there goes encapsulation :(</p>
  
  <p>Another solution i thought of was using a abstract class but wait, you can only extend one abstract class and the two classes i am using already extend a class(in my case a android Service class) so out goes that idea too.</p>