method without access modifier

Question

Ok this is bugging me.. I know I\'ve read it somewhere and google isn\'t helping.

What is the accessibility level of a method that does not specify an access modifie

Answer 1

Oh wait, there's one more thing ....

interface method declarations are of course public by definition. So the following implementation is public, without an explicit access modifier.

public class MyClass : IEqualityComparer<MyClass>
    bool IEqualityComparer<MyClass>.Equals(MyClass x , MyClass y) {}
}

Answer 2

Yes, internal is the default for classes, but private is the default for members.

Answer 3

Class methods are private and sealed by default in .NET. This means the method is only visible within the class and cannot be overridden by the inherited class.

Answer 4

hope this clarifies all as per screenshot directly from MSDN

Answer 5

For a class: Internal is the default if no access modifier is specified.

For a method: Private is the default if no access modifier is specified.

Answer 6

Assuming this is a C# method, since you have the ".net" tag.

People need to differentiate between "member" accessibility and "class" accessibility.

• The default accessibility of class members (including methods) in C# is private. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ba0a1yw2(v=vs.140).aspx
• The default accessibility of a class itself is internal.