access modifier for constructor ?

[mark stone]

what is the "access modifier" for the no-argument constructor provided by the compiler when no constructor is explicitly provided in the code

public, is always "friendly",always defaults to the access modifier provided for the class or it depends on the compilation options of javac

[Rob Ross]

Hey that's a really good question Mark! I would guess it's public, but I don't know for sure!

Rob

[Tarik Makota]

i would say it is public.
public Object() is constructor for Object class

[Ruchi Kolla]

Originally posted by Rob Ross:
Hey that's a really good question Mark! I would guess it's public, but I don't know for sure!

Rob

For sure its public. You can create instance of the class from any package.

[Sai Patnala]

Access modifier for the default constructor is same as the access modifier given to the class.
So if a class has public access, access modifier for default constructor is also public.
In no case a top level class can be protected nor private, so there is no way default constructor be protected nor private.
But we must understand that user defined default constructor can be private, in case you want to implement Singleton pattern.
[ January 30, 2002: Message edited by: sai k patnala ]