What does it mean when there's no explicit access modifier in Java?

Question

So if you have a method prototype like void myMethod(). What does that mean? What kind of access does it grant?

Answer 1

It means "package access". Basically any class that shares the same package as your declaring class can see/use the method. Subclasses cannot, unless they are in the same package as the superclass.

For more details, see here:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html