Access Specifier vs Access modifier

[A Kumar]

Hi all,

Whats the difference between access specifier and access modifier...

I have also heard about type modifiers.

Can anone shed some light on this?

Tx in advance
Regards

[marc weber]

My impression (could be wrong) is that these are all the same thing. See JLS 8.5 and 8.5.1, which address type declarations and type modifiers.

[Edwin Dalorzo]

I guess access modifiers (8.5.1), or class modifiers (JLS 8.1.1) or field modifiers (8.3.1) are just terms used to refer to a subset of the whole set of Java modifiers.

Hence I share Marc's assessment that they are all part of the same thing.

I could not find the term specifier in the JLS, at least not in paragraph referring to a modifier as if they were interchangeable terms.
[ April 15, 2006: Message edited by: Edwin Dalorzo ]

[A Kumar]

Thank you...