interface method public implicit

[Allen Bandela]

Hi,
A default access modifier is not public, but why for an interface method, a default modifier (i.e. no modifier) makes the method public?
It should'nt right? default is default
If that's allowed, then why is'nt the interface itself allowed that implicity?
[ May 02, 2006: Message edited by: Allen Sylvester ]

[wise owen]

All interfaces are implicitly abstract and inclusion of that modifier is optional.

[Dick Eimers]

You should note the difference between default and implicit.

[Aniket Patil]

Just to reiterate what Owen said:

You can prefix any combination of public and abstract modifiers to method declarations in an interface and it still would be the same as not having a modifier...got it?

Eg:
interface Dummy
{
void doDummy();
}

interface Dummy
{
public void doDummy();
}

interface Dummy
{
abstrtact void doDummy();
}

interface Dummy
{
public abstract void doDummy();
}
are all the same.

[Kristian Perkins]

public is the only access modifier allowed for interface methods, so a default access modifier of anything other that public would not make sense.

[Allen Bandela]

I'm talking in a purist's way, I guess.
A default access modifier allows access , only in the same package.
why is'nt that rule followed in an interface. I know that an interface can have only public methods, then why is it not Mandatory to put a 'public' access modifier? well, this is just purist probably. okay anyway, thanks anyway