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keywords that control the visibility and accessibility of classes, methods, constructors and variables. They are a core part of encapsulation, allowing you to hide sensitive data and restrict how other parts of a program interact with your code.

In Java, modifiers define the scope, behavior, and properties of classes, methods, and variables.

define how the members of a class, like variables, methods, and even the class itself, can be accessed from other parts of our program.

We divide modifiers into two groups:

Access Modifiers - controls the access level Non-Access Modifiers - do not control access level, but provides other functionality

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