Convention for methods declaration in Java

Question

Is there a convention in Java on where to declare fields - before or after methods?

Answer 1

Class layout: see here http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConventions.doc2.html#1852

The following table describes the parts of a class or interface declaration, in the order that they should appear

1. Class/interface documentation comment (/*.../)
2. class or interface statement
3. Class/interface implementation comment (/.../), if necessary
4. Class (static) variables
5. Instance variables
6. Constructors
7. Methods