diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/pom.xml
index 669a37b0f5..b7bd72372b 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<version>${h2.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <h2.version>1.4.199</h2.version>
+    </properties>
+    
     <build>
         <finalName>core-java-lang-oop-2</finalName>
         <resources>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/Student.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/Student.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fc6da80fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/Student.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.baeldung.accessmodifiers;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+public class Student {
+
+    private BigDecimal grades; //new representation
+    private String name;   
+    private int age;
+
+    public int getGrades() {
+        return grades.intValue(); //Backward compatibility
+    }
+    
+    public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
+        
+        final String URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
+        return DriverManager.getConnection(URL, "sa", "");
+
+    }
+    
+    public BigDecimal bigDecimalGrades() {
+        return grades;
+    }
+        
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        if (age < 0 || age > 150)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79b31cdae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.accessmodifiers;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance.Lifecycle;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+@TestInstance(Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
+public class PublicAccessModifierTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingIntValue_valuesAreEqual() {
+        
+        assertEquals(0, new BigDecimal(0).intValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingToLowerCase_valuesAreEqual() {
+        
+        assertEquals("alex", "ALEX".toLowerCase());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenConnectingToH2_connectionInstanceIsReturned() throws SQLException {
+
+        final String URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
+        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, "sa", "");
+        assertNotNull(conn);
+    }
+
+}