CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javagroovyaccess-modifiers
Ricardo Mogg
Ricardo Mogg

Reputation: 589

Groovy equivalent to java's declaration without access modifier

So, I can declare a class in Groovy as:

//groovy-code
class Person {

}

which is the equivalent to write in java something like:

//java-code
public class Person {

}

Just out of curiosity.. what's groovy equivalent to this coded in java:

//java-code
class Person {

}

I mean is there a way to achieve the same that I can achieve in Java by declaring something without an access modifier?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 3458

Answers (1)

Cᴏʀʏ
Cᴏʀʏ

Reputation: 107508

Since the default access modifier for a class in Java is "package-private", I think the closest you could get in Groovy to the same behavior would be to make the class "package-protected," which is done with the @PackageScope annotation:

@PackageScope class Person {

}

By the way, there's an open and unresolved bug (feature?) in Groovy that prevents any sort of "private" visibility from working. Implementation is planned for Groovy v3.0.

Upvotes: 12

Related Questions