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Can a class be private?

 
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Can a class be private?
 
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only inner classes can be private.
nested-top level classes cannot be private
 
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Top level classes can ONLY be "public"
or (so called) "friendly" ie; without
any access modifier.
NOT "private"
NOT "protected"
Again... summing up ...
Regds.
- satya
 
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Nested top-level classes, i.e. static member classes or so-called "static inner" classes, certainly can be private. Non-nested top-level classes ("normal" or package-level classes) must be public or default.
 
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