Is it possible to hide or lower access to Inherited Methods in Java?

Question

I have a class structure where I would like some methods in a base class to be accessible from classes derived directly from the base class, but not classes derived from der

Answer 1

you have to make method final when override it

public class Base {
protected void myMethod() {}
}

// Uses myMethod and then hides it.
public class DerivedOne extends Base {
@Override
final protected void myMethod(); //make the method final
}


public class DerivedTwo extends DerivedOne {
   // can't access myMethod here.
}