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Java Modifiers: Access Modifiers: Default, Public, Protected, Private Non-Access Modifiers: Final, Abstract, Strictfp

Java has access modifiers like public and private and non-access modifiers like final and abstract. It defines different types of variables like local, class, and instance variables. Arrays store multiple variables of the same type in memory and are objects. Enums restrict variables to a set of predefined values to reduce bugs, like restricting a juice order to small, medium, or large sizes.

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Java Modifiers: Access Modifiers: Default, Public, Protected, Private Non-Access Modifiers: Final, Abstract, Strictfp

Java has access modifiers like public and private and non-access modifiers like final and abstract. It defines different types of variables like local, class, and instance variables. Arrays store multiple variables of the same type in memory and are objects. Enums restrict variables to a set of predefined values to reduce bugs, like restricting a juice order to small, medium, or large sizes.

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Java Modifiers

Like other languages, it is possible to modify classes, methods, etc., by using modifiers.
There are two categories of modifiers:

Access Modifiers: default, public , protected, private

Non-access Modifiers: final, abstract, strictfp

We will be looking into more details about modifiers in the next section.

Java Variables
Following are the types of variables in Java:

Local Variables

Class Variables (Static Variables)

Instance Variables (Non-static Variables)

Java Arrays
Arrays are objects that store multiple variables of the same type. However, an array
itself is an object on the heap. We will look into how to declare, construct, and initialize
in the upcoming chapters.

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Java Enums
Enums were introduced in Java 5.0. Enums restrict a variable to have one of only a few
predefined values. The values in this enumerated list are called enums.

With the use of enums it is possible to reduce the number of bugs in your code.

For example, if we consider an application for a fresh juice shop, it would be possible to
restrict the glass size to small, medium, and large. This would make sure that it would not
allow anyone to order any size other than small, medium, or large.

Example
class FreshJuice {

enum FreshJuiceSize{ SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE }


FreshJuiceSize size;
}

public class FreshJuiceTest {

public static void main(String args[]){


FreshJuice juice = new FreshJuice();
juice.size = FreshJuice.FreshJuiceSize.MEDIUM ;
System.out.println("Size: " + juice.size);
}
}

The above example will produce the following result:

Size: MEDIUM

Note: Enums can be declared as their own or inside a class. Methods, variables,
constructors can be defined inside enums as well.

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