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S.Reddisekhar Reddy
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because it is a specification, whole world have to see this interface before going for a contract.
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S.Reddisekhar Reddy wrote:how every methods in interfaces are public abstract by default


Because the JLS defines it that way and compilers are written to implement the JLS.
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think about the alternatives. what good would a private abstract method be?

as for abstract, you you want non-abstract methods you use abstract class instead of interface

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