By specifying member accessibility modifiers a class can control what information is accessible to clients (i.e. other classes). These modifiers help a class to define a contract so that clients know exactly what services are offered by the class.
Accessibility/visibility of members can be one of the following:
Note: Member accessibility modifier only has meaning if the class (or one of its subclasses) is accessible to the client. Also note that only one accessibility modifier can be specified for a member. The discussion applies to both instance and static members of classes.
Accessibility/visibility of members can be one of the following:
- public
- protected
- default (also called package accessibility)
- private
Note: Member accessibility modifier only has meaning if the class (or one of its subclasses) is accessible to the client. Also note that only one accessibility modifier can be specified for a member. The discussion applies to both instance and static members of classes.