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Java Class Declarations and Access Modifiers

Public classes must be stored in .java files matching the class name. Private variables and methods are only accessible within their own class. Declaring private instance variables hides data from other classes, known as data or information hiding.

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Java Class Declarations and Access Modifiers

Public classes must be stored in .java files matching the class name. Private variables and methods are only accessible within their own class. Declaring private instance variables hides data from other classes, known as data or information hiding.

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 Each class declaration that begins with keyword public must be

stored in a file having the same name as the class and ending
with the .java file-name extension
 Variables or methods declared with access modifier private are
accessible only to methods of the class in which they’re
declared
 Declaring instance variables with access modifier private is
known as data hiding or information hiding.

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