Difference between Access Modifiers and Access Specifiers

[palanivelrajan subramanian]

I got a small doubt....
What is the difference between Access Specifiers and Access Modifiers in java...
Whether both or same or not......

[marc weber]

The Java Language Specification (under 6.6 Access Control) calls them access modifiers. Some people might call them specifiers.

[Rahul Sudip Bose]

Confused me too. You can see the link below :
https://coderanch.com/t/377844/java/java/AccessModifiers-Access-Specifiers

hth

[palanivelrajan subramanian]

Me too thought that both access specifiers and access modifiers are same...but some of my friends told that they are different... please clarify my doubt...

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please read the link Rahul Sudip Bose quoted again, and you see Mike Simmons points out there is a serious mistake in the last post.

There is no difference, but the correct term is "modifier". Look through the Java™ Language Specification and do ctrl-F "modifier" and you find about 8 hits; ctrl-F "specifier" finds nothing.

[palanivelrajan subramanian]

Thank you Ritchee.....
Here after we have to use the term Access modifier only....
So that we can avoid the confusio...
thank you all....

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome