A very new to java question

[dale conn]

I haven;t done any java programming for a while now and i've forgotton a lot of stuff. I've never really understood when to use public, private, final, static etc... Can someone please explain to me in basic terms when i should use these and why

Thanks for any help

public final
public static final
public static
private static
public synchronized

Any othere I should know about? I've tried googling but can't find anything that explains why i shoud/should not use the above in detail

[Tamas Jano]

My first result of googling "Java modifiers" gave me this.

For why should you use something like this? Check here to learn about objects and I'm sure you will get the answers.
You could start with Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" which is an excellent free book for Java starters that introduces you to object oriented design and programming.

Cheers,
Tamas