Why we can not provide access modifer while declaration interface ?

because they are all public by default

An interface describes a group of related functionality for a class or structure. They are automatically public and cannot include access modifiers. It is important to note that interfaces can hold properties, events, and indexers also. The interface is always public because it is a contract to be implemented and the implementer decides what access that particular function should have.

Felipe Ramos15y

Because interfaces offer contracts. And the classes MUST implement the interface, so other modifiers could make the contract impossible because of the scope of the class (like internal modifier in different assemblies etc).

Marcelo Bernart15y

Interface is the standard structure to be followed by the classes where class will implement the functionality and it includes only the declaration of methods,functions and properties.We cannot provide access modifier while declaration of interface bcoz interfaces are public by default and interfaces deals with public members only.

sarika jain15y

Hi Santosh,

Interface have by default Public access modifier so we need not to defined it .and interface take only public access modifier while declaring it.

shaikh shahbaz15y

interface just like the abstract class in interface we only declare the methods not implement it

so for implementing the interface we need acess to all the methods of interface. hence by default the acess modifires for the interface is public

Deepak Nehe15y

Why we can not provide access modifer while declaration interface ?

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