I suppose it comes down to preference of the programmer, since there is no standardized rule for it, people adapt it as they find it convenient at the time. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:52 PM, David Harkness <david.h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxx > >wrote: > > > I've just done a quick scan of all my methods ... > > > > I just did the same scan on my code, and the clear majority was > > private abstract final function > > YMMV > > David > -- Mujtaba