Access modifiers and access control

[Rohan Deshmkh]

As per the book "Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6" By Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates , Chapter 1 , page12

There are 4 access control namely: public , private, protected and default . But there are only 3 access modifiers namely: public,private and protected.
So my question is why is it so?What's the difference between access control and access modifiers?

After going through this forum i also assume that there is no such thing as access specifier in java(if you search for specifier in jls, there is nothing about specifier in jls document).

[Winston Gutkowski]

Rohan Deshmkh wrote:So my question is why is it so?What's the difference between access control and access modifiers?

'access control' is what it does; 'access modifier' is how you write it. The "default" access (sometimes called 'package private') is what you get when you don't specify a modifier.

Winston

[gurpeet singh]

some books call access modifiers as access specifier also. there is no naming convention regarding them in jls. use access specifier or access modifier that does not make difference . both are synonyms. access control is as Winston said what THESE modifiers do. they provide access control.

[Rohan Deshmkh]

Ok thanks, i got it.