class CheckingAccount
{
  private String accountNumber;
  private String accountHolder;
  private int    balance;
  private int    useCount = 0;

  public CheckingAccount( String accNumber, String holder, int start )
      { . . . . }
  private void incrementUse() { . . . . }
  public int currentBalance() { . . . . }
  public void  processDeposit( int amount ) { . . . . }
  public void processCheck( int amount ) { . . . . }
  public void display() { . . . . }

}

Default Visibility

If you do not specify public or private for a variable or a method, then it will have default visibility. Default visibility allows a variable or method to be seen within all methods of a class or other classes that are part of the same package. These notes have not discussed packages yet. A package is a group of related classes. A later chapter will discuss how to create a package of classes.

For now, default visibility means about the same thing as public visibility. But it is best to explicitly declare members public if that is what you actually need. You can not explicitly declare a member of a class to have default visibility (for example, you can't say default int monthlyCharge; )

Later on after these notes have discussed inheritance there will be other visibility modifiers, and additional rules for public and private visibility.