Modifiers and Features

Not all modifiers can be applied to all features.

Top-level classes may not be protected.

Methods may not be transient.

Static can apply it to free-floating blocks of code.

Modifier	Class	Variable	Method	Constructor	Code Block
public	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
protected	no	yes	yes	yes	no
empty accessor	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
private	no	yes	yes	yes	no
final	yes	yes	yes	no	no
abstract	yes	no	yes	no	no
static	no	yes	yes	no	yes
native	no	no	yes	no	no
transient	no	yes	no	no	no
volatile	no	yes	no	no	no
synchronized	no	no	yes	no	yes

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