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access modifier
(access specifier, visibility modifier)
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access modifierhas definition A keyword that specifies how restricted the access is to a class or interface or variable or methodadded by: DS, reference: Source 2, 2001-10-19 11:35:58.0
has purpose to control which other code can have access to a method or variable    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
is a subtopic of Access Control2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
is partitioned into private, protected, publicadded by: DS, source: Sun Java Tutorial, modified by: WH, see also: default accessibility, 2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
is a kind of keywordadded by: DS, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
precedes the definition of a method, instance variable or class variable    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
see also access modeadded by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
is a synonym of access specifier2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
is a synonym of visibility modifier2001-10-19 11:38:16.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
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Kinds of access modifier :