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Appendix D. Java Modifiers

Modifiers are used on classes and class members (constructors, methods , data, and class-level blocks), but the final modifier can also be used on local variables in a method. A modifier that can be applied to a class is called a class modifier . A modifier that can be applied to a method is called a method modifier . A modifier that can be applied to a data field is called a data modifier . A modifier that can be applied to a class-level block is called a block modifier . The following table gives a summary of the Java modifiers.

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Modifier	class	constructor	method	data	block	Explanation
(default) [*]						A class, constructor, method, or data field is visible in this package.
public						A class, constructor, method, or data field is visible to all the programs in any package.
private						A constructor, method or data field is only visible in this class.
protected						A constructor, method or data field is visible in this package and in subclasses of this class in any package.
static						Define a class method, or a class data field or a static initialization block.
final						A final class cannot be extended. A final method cannot be modified in a subclass. A final data field is a constant.
abstract						An abstract class must be extended. An abstract method must be implemented in a concrete subclass.
native						A native method indicates that the method is implemented using a language other than Java.
synchronized						Only one thread at a time can execute this method.
strictfp						Use strict floating-point calculations to guarantee that the evaluation result is the same on all JVMs.
transient						Mark a nonserializable instance data field.

^[*] Default access has no modifier associated with it. For example: class Test {}