c# programming question

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what is the difference between public class and class in C#.   Thanks in advance.

Nilesh Shah · Accepted Answer

It is the access specifier which is different in both.   The default access specifier in C# is internal.   So if you write only "class" then that means the class is "internal" meaning it can only be accessed in the same namespace.   But if you write "public class" that makes the class public, meaning the class can be accessed by any other code in the same assembly or another assembly that references it.

Rajeesh Menoth · Answer

Hi,   Without specifying public the class is implicitly internal. This means that the class is only visible inside the same assembly. When you specify public, the class is visible outside the assembly.   Reference :   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12392876/class-vs-public-class

Nilesh Joshi · Answer

If class is defined without access specifier, it's internal as a default unless otherwise

Bikesh Srivastava · Answer

yes Nilesh sah is correct.

Ayappan Alagesan · Answer

The default  access specifier of a class is internal. Internal allows only the class to access within the assembly. Public allows the class to access with other assembly too.

Vishal Prajapati · Answer

Public class  means it can be accessed by other class member that is initialized outside the class. A public member can be accessed from anywhere even outside the namespace.
whereas simply class represent default access modifier i.e "internal".   The internal access specifier hides its member variables and methods from other classes and objects, that is resides in other namespace. The variable or classes that are declared with internal can be access by any member within application. It is the default access specifiers for a class in C# programming.