Problem accessing an object in a different package...

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Hello everyone, i'm having problems accessing an Intger Object orginally created in MIS class. I'm suppose to, "3.Implement the CE class so it can print out the value mis_y originally stored in the MIS class. "

This is the structure of all my classes i've created.

I have two packages,
Gannon and Behrend
Inside the Gannon package I have the following classes:
CIS
MIS
I also have an inferface called Department;
CIS and MIS both implement the Department inferface
Inside the Behrend package I have the following classes:
SE
CE
EE
I also have an interface called School;
SE,CE, and EE all implement the School interface.
CE also extends the MIS class so I can access a protected data member, mis_y;
mis_y is protected in the MIS class.

package Gannon;
public class MIS implements Department {
  public MIS() {
  }

 Integer mis_x = new Integer(300);
 protected Integer mis_y = new Integer(500);
 private Integer mis_z;

Here is my code to the CE class:

package Behrend;
import Gannon.MIS;

public class CE extends MIS implements School  {
  public CE() {
  }
  
 
  
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    MIS b = new MIS();
    
    System.out.println("mis_y: "+ b.mis_y );
  }

When i run this file, i get the following error:
"CE.java": mis_y has protected access in Gannon.MIS at line 24, column 37

Which makes no sense because protected data members are accessible to a different package subclass.

Any idea's what i did wrong?

Thanks!