What is the default access modifier in Java? [duplicate]

What is the default access modifier for a method or an instance variable if I do not state it explicitly?

For example:

package flight.booking;

public class FlightLog
{
    private SpecificFlight flight;

    FlightLog(SpecificFlight flight)
    {
        this.flight = flight;
    }
}

Is the access modifier of this constructor protected or package? Can other classes in the same package, which is flight.booking, call this constructor?

From Java documentation

If a class has no modifier (the default, also known as package-private), it is visible only within its own package (packages are named groups of related classes — you will learn about them in a later lesson.)

At the member level, you can also use the public modifier or no modifier (package-private) just as with top-level classes, and with the same meaning.

Full story you can read here (_{Which I wrote recently}):

http://codeinventions.blogspot.com/2014/09/default-access-modifier-in-java-or-no.html

From documentation:

Access Levels
Modifier        Class    Package    Subclass    World
-----------------------------------------------------
public           Y        Y          Y           Y
protected        Y        Y          Y           N
(Default)        Y        Y          N           N
private          Y        N          N           N

It depends on the context.

When it's within a class:

class example1 {

    int a = 10; // This is package-private (visible within package)

    void method1() // This is package-private as well.
    {
        -----
    }
}

When it's within a interface:

interface example2 {

    int b = 10; // This is public and static.
    void method2(); // This is public and abstract
}

Default access modifier is package-private - visible only from the same package

Here is a code sample which should pretty much sum this up for you... In addition to the below, showing how you can't access a default in another package there is one more thing.

Default is not accessible in a subclass if the class that subclasses it is in another package, but it is accessible if the subclass is in the same package.

package main;

public class ClassA {
    private int privateVar;
    public int publicVar;
    int defaultVar;
}

package main;

public class ClassB {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ClassA a = new ClassA();
        int v1 = a.publicVar;   // Works
        int v2 = a.defaultVar;  // Works
        int v3 = a.privateVar;  // Doesn't work

    }
}

package other;

public class ClassC {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ClassA a = new ClassA();
        int v1 = a.publicVar;   // Works
        int v2 = a.defaultVar;  // Doesn't work
        int v3 = a.privateVar;  // Doesn't work
    }
}

What is the default access modifier in Java? [duplicate]

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