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Kotlin is the Open keyword a visibility modifier?

I'm new at Kotlin and I'm reading the kotlin official documentation, it states the 4 differents visibility modifiers (public, private, internal, protected) furthermore it's also using the keyword OPEN to express that a class can be extended (that is its purpose). My question is, can OPEN be considered as a Visibility Modifier?

Solution

  • No, open is not a visibility modifier, as it does not affect visibility at all.

    Instead, open affects if classes or methods can be extended/overridden and is the opposite of javas final in these cases.