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access modifier

private, protected or public (or nothing) in front of a member, saying which code may use it.

Java's access levels are private (same class), package-private (no modifier; same package), protected (package plus subclasses) and public (everywhere); using a member beyond its level is a compile error.

See also

package-private encapsulation
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