public keyword in Java before class keyword?

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In Java I have seen code where people use public before class keyword,what does that mean?
Is it same like if class keyword is only used?
one such piece of code mentioned below.

Java

public class CableModem extends Modem 
{
 String method = "cable connection";

public void connect() 
{
 System.out.println("Connecting to the Internet ...");
 System.out.println("Using a " + method);
}
 

}

Posted 25-Jul-13 8:17am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jul-13 17:29pm

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bbirajdar · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T08:25:00

Solution 1

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_access_modifiers.htm[^]

Posted 25-Jul-13 8:25am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jul-13 17:30pm

5ed.
—SA

bbirajdar 26-Jul-13 0:46am

:)

Prasad Khandekar 26-Jul-13 6:24am

My 5+ as well.

bbirajdar 26-Jul-13 6:29am

:)

ridoy · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T08:36:00

Solution 2

The public keyword is an access specifier, which allows to control the visibility of class members. When a class member is declared as public, then that member may be accessed by code outside the class in which it is declared. (The opposite of public is private, which prevents a member from being used by code defined outside of its class.)

In-short:
Public - means the class (program) is available for use by any other class.

Posted 25-Jul-13 8:36am

ridoy

Updated 25-Jul-13 8:37am

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ridoy 26-Jul-13 2:08am

Answer accepted,and then downvoted..really funny!:)

bbirajdar 26-Jul-13 2:51am

My answer was also downvoted ... But I give you 5 :)