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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Creating Classes

Posted by Nicholas Luke
Nicholas Luke
1,839 Points

Since it's a public class, is it necessary to make the fields public within the code blocks?

If I'm thinking right, in the code

public class PezDispenser { public String characterName }

since the class PezDispenser is public, I figured it would imply that the body of code assigned to it would also automatically become public.

1 Answer

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

Public is usually used as a access modifier quite rarely. Here it's used just for demonstration purposes.

However, to answer your question. In java you must specify the access modifier. Always.

In some languages like c++ the default access modifier is private

So just keep on with the course and you'll get familiar with this quite quickly.

Nicholas Luke
Nicholas Luke
1,839 Points

Awesome, thank you for the help :)