Valid Java code showing a class accessing the protected member of another class in the same package that the former class is not not related by inheritance

IndependentPrivateClass.java

/**
 * 
 */
package tPrivateProtected;

/**
 * @author hilton
 *
 */
public class IndependentPrivateClass {
	private int privateMember;
	private IndependentPrivateClass() {
		privateMember = 1;
	}
	
	private int sum(IndependentProtectedClass iped) {
		return privateMember + iped.protectedMember;
	}
	
}