On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Christopher Elkins wrote: > > I've always liked the public modifier, but I guess it is completely > > redundant. I'll try to change my ways in the future. > > Yeah, there's nothing technically _wrong_ it. (The JLS doesn't explicitly > say as such.) However, it tends to pollute the build output (in Jikes, anyway) > and potentially masks warnings that are actually important. :-)
Actually, while the JLS doesn't say its "wrong" (otherwise the compiler wouldn't accept it), it is highly discouraged. To quote the relevent section of the java language specification (section 9.4): "It is permitted, but strongly discouraged as a matter of style, to redundantly specify the public modifier for interface methods." This is actually true for the "abstract" modifier as well (at a previous employer, all interfaces had "public abstract"): "For compatibility with older versions of the Java platform, it is permitted but discouraged, as a matter of style, to redundantly specify the abstract modifier for methods declared in interfaces." reference: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/interfaces.doc.html#78651 regards, michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
