What is the default access level for methods in a public abstract class in Java?

Question

Normally the default access level of methods is package local. But it seems to me that it is different for public abstract classes. In those classes the default seems to be public. Is this correct?

Update

@EJP

It was a bug in my code. It is possible to shadow the package local method with a public method, which confuses me. This makes me think that a public abstract could be similar to an interface where the methods are public. See the example:

a/A.java:

package a;

public abstract class A
{
    String a () { return "a"; }
}

test_a.java:

class test_a
{
    static class NewA extends a.A
    {
        public String a () { return "new a"; }
    }

    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        NewA a = new NewA();
        System.out.println(a.a());
    }
}

Answer 1

The default visibility is known as “package” (though you can't use this keyword), which means the field will be accessible from inside the same package to which the class belongs.

uf you declare as public than it will be public for all no matter its abstract or not