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keyword - What is the difference between 'open' and 'public' in Kotlin?

I am new to Kotlin and I am confused between open and public keywords. Could anyone please tell me the difference between those keywords?

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The open keyword means “open for extension“:

The open annotation on a class is the opposite of Java's final: it allows others to inherit from this class. By default, all classes in Kotlin are final, which corresponds to Effective Java, Item 17: Design and document for inheritance or else prohibit it.

You also need to be explicit about methods you want to make overridable, also marked with open:

open class Base {
    open fun v() {}
    fun nv() {}
}

The public keyword acts as a visibility modifier that can be applied on classes, functions etc. Note that public is the default if nothing else is specified explicitly:

If you do not specify any visibility modifier, public is used by default, which means that your declarations will be visible everywhere


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