TS2445

error TS2445: Property ‘makeNoise’ is protected and only accessible within class ‘Dog’ and its subclasses.

Broken Code ❌

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abstract class Animal {
  protected abstract makeNoise(): string;
}

class Dog extends Animal {
  protected makeNoise(): string {
    return 'Woof!';
  }
}

const laika = new Dog();
laika.makeNoise();

Fixed Code ✔️

The visibility of the makeNoise method is protected. We have to make it public if we want to call it directly from an instance of Dog:

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abstract class Animal {
  protected abstract makeNoise(): string;
}

class Dog extends Animal {
  public makeNoise(): string {
    return 'Woof!';
  }
}

const laika = new Dog();
laika.makeNoise();

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