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access modifier (access specifier, visibility modifier)
subject			fact

access modifier	has definition A keyword that specifies how restricted the access is to a class or interface or variable or method
	has purpose to control which other code can have access to a method or variable
	is a subtopic of Access Control
	is partitioned into private, protected, public
	is a kind of keyword
	precedes the definition of a method, instance variable or class variable
	see also access mode
	is a synonym of access specifier
	is a synonym of visibility modifier
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of access modifier :

• access modifier of an overriding method (4 facts)
• private (7 facts) - A keyword that means a variable or method is only accessible within its class
• protected (6 facts) - A keyword that indicates that a method or variable may be accessed by any object in the same class (and its subclasses including those in a different compilation unit in another package), by all objects in the same compilation unit, and by all objects in the same package
• public (6 facts) - A keyword that indicates that a method, class or variable may be accessed by any object