Class declaration without private or public at the beginning

Question

Why there is a Java class declaration without public or private at the beginning?

For example :

class MyClass{
  // code 
}

because it is default... means a class declaration without public or private is always private. — nano_nano, Aug 15 '14 at 11:39
@StefanBeike Actually, in Java, the lack of modifier is not equivalent to private as indicated in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/215497 — David Segonds, Aug 15 '14 at 12:10

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '14 at 11:39

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It is called default access modifier or package private modifier. It means that class is accessible only within the package it is in.

answered Aug 15 '14 at 11:39

Heisenberg

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