What is the default field Modifier in Java class?

Question

In the following code, field1 does not have a modifier: public/protected/private

public class class1 {
    String field1;
}

So what is the modifier of field1?

In the Modifier definition in Java, these are all the Modifiers that are relevant to a field:

    Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
    Modifier.STATIC         | Modifier.FINAL        | Modifier.TRANSIENT |
    Modifier.VOLATILE;

Which of the modifier(s) does field1 have? I feel it does not have any of Modifier.PUBLIC,Modifier.PROTECTED, and Modifier.PRIVATE

I ask this because I want to access this field one via Java reflection.

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Thanks. For the answers.

It indeed has no modifier.

I have tested getModifiers() for field1. It returns 0.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It has no modifier. For further details what this lack of modifier means see here:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html

Answer 2

Its modifier is known as default. It is every variable/function's modifier that does not explicitly tell about any other modifier.

Answer 3

There is no modifiers. You can access to field from class, package, but not from subclass or another package.

Answer 4

It dose have modifier--default, which is always implict. A field or a method modified with default is accessable to classes that share the same package with the field or method.