keyword ordering : Java Glossary

Keyword Order

In theory it does not matter if you say public static final or final static public, but if you follow the usual convention, other people will able to read your code more easily. The Java language specification makes recommendations about the order of modifiers. It strongly encourages the following order:

• for fields: public, protected, private, static, final, transient, volatile [int | long | String… ].
• for methods: public, protected, private, abstract, static, final, synchronized, native, strictfp [ void | int | long | String… ].
• for classes: public, protected, private, abstract, static, final, strictfp, class.
• for interfaces [public], [abstract], strictfp, interface.