1 Any methods in a final class are automatically final.
2 A final variable cannot have it's value changed and must be set at creation time. This is similar to the idea of a constant in other languages.
3
Modifier
Method
Variable
class
public
yes
yes
yes
private
yes
yes
yes (nested)
protected
yes
yes
yes(nested)
abstract
yes
no
yes
final
yes
yes
yes
transient
no
yes
no
native
yes
no
no
volatile
no
yes
no
