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title: "Is it possible to have multiple public classes in Java ?"  
description: "Is it possible to have multiple public classes in Java ?"  
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published: 2015-07-14  
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# Is it possible to have multiple public classes in Java ?

As per java language specification, there can be only one public class in a file (.java) and file name should be same as public class name. If you want another class accessible in other places, you may create a separate java file.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

As per java language specification, there can be only one public class in a file (.java) and file name should be same as public class name. If you want another class accessible in other places, you may create a separate java file.


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