Java provides four modifiers for compile-time access control: public, protected, private, and default (no modifier). The public modifier means that the element is accessible from any class in any ...

The Mandella effect strikes again. Recently, I found out that there are four Java access level modifiers, not three. Apparently there is (and has been) a "Package Private" access level, which is only ...

Key Java proponents are up in arms over the planned elimination of private API capabilities, specifically sun.misc.Unsafe, in the upcoming Java Standard Edition 9 release. Although an officially ...

Programmers should have access to Math.sqrt(), Math.random() and other methods, but they should never be able to write "Math myObject = new Math();" But why make a public method getInstance ...

Access modifiers allow Java developers to define package and class interfaces tailored for different groups of clients. According to the principles of information hiding and encapsulation, the ...

Oracle's plan to eliminate access to sun.misc.Unsafe would have drastic consequences for the Java ecosystem, according to some opponents. Making the API public is a proposed alternative.