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Access Control Syntax

Bob Nystrom · 26 May 2025

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  1. Our reading

    Having public and private scattered throughout every file is a major contributor to Java's boilerplate.

    Their wordsJava is reviled for being too boilerplate-heavy and wordy, and I believe that having private and public scattered throughout every single file is a major contributor to that.

  2. Our reading

    Defaulting to private encourages programmers to build smaller, independent modules.

    Their wordsNo one can fit an entire huge program in their head, so code needs to be broken into smaller isolated pieces you can reason about locally. Defaulting to private encourages users to make smaller independent modules.

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