The Java compiler must create synthetic methods on nested classes when their attributes specified with the private modifier are accessed by the enclosing class. The next code sample indicates this ...

native is a modifier applicable only for methods and we can't apply anywhere else. The methods which are implemented in non-java ( mostly C or C++) are called native methods or foreign methods. The ...

The static modifier is a convenient way to make class members "global" in object-oriented software systems. Given this, we wondered if static members significantly contribute to the long dependency ...

According to the Java Enhancement Proposal 445: …these changes allow us to write Hello, World! with no access modifiers, no static modifiers, and no String[] parameter, so the introduction of these ...