Java Modifier Types

Modifier Types

you add to those definitions to change their meanings. Java language has a wide variety of modifiers the following:

• Access Control Modifiers
• Non-Access Modifiers

Example:

public class className {
   // ...
}

private boolean myFlag;
static final double weeks = 12.5;
protected static final int BOXWIDTH = 52;

public static void main(String[] arguments) {
   // body of method
}

Access Control Modifiers:

• Visible to the class only private.
• Visible to the world (public).
• Visible to the package and all subclasses (protected).

Non-Access Modifiers

following are the types of non-access modifiers:

• The abstract modifier for creating abstract classes and methods.
• The final modifier for finalizing the implementations of classes, methods, and variables.
• The static modifier for creating class methods and variables
• The synchronized and volatile modifiers, which are used for threads