ACCESS

SPECIFIERS(MODIFIERS)
IN JAVA

PRESENTED BY :
HRITHIK SHINDE
PRAJWAL POOJARI
MANNU VISHWAKARMA
DEFINATION : ACCESS
SPECIFIERS
Access specifiers(or access modifiers) are keywords in
object-oriented languages that sets the accessibility of the
classes , methods and others members
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THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF JAVA ACCESS SPECIFIERS:

i. DEFAULT
ii. PRIVATE
iii.PROTECTED
iv.PUBLIC
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1]DEFAULT ACCESS SPECIFIER:
 No keyword is required to specify default
access specifier
 When no access modifier is specified for a
class, method or data member it is said to be
having the default access specifier by default.
 Default access specifier are accessible within
the same package.
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. ]PRIVATE ACCESS SPECIFIER:
 The private access specifier is specified using the
keyword private.
 The methods or data members declared as private
are accessible only within the class in which they are
declared.
 Any other class of same package will not be able to
access these members.
 Classes or interface can not be declared as private.
3]PROTECTED
. ACCESS
SPECIFIER:
 The protected access specifier is specified
using the keyword protected.
 The methods or data members declared as
protected are accessible within same package
or sub classes in different package.
.4]PUBLIC ACCESS SPECIFIER:
 The public access specifier is specified using the
keyword public.
 The public access specifier has the widest scope
among all other access modifiers.
 Classes, methods or data members which are
declared as public are accessible from every where in
the program. There is no restriction on the scope of
a public data members.
 ACCESS LEVELS
Specifier Class Package Subclass Everywhere

Default Y Y N N

Private Y N N N

Protected Y Y Y N

Public Y Y Y Y