According to the Java Code Conventions as defined by Oracle, the parts of a class or interface declaration should appear in the following order in the source files:
public class Foo { private int field = 0; isTrue() {...} public Foo() {...} // Noncompliant, constructor defined after method public static final int OPEN = 4; // Noncompliant, variable defined after method }
public class Foo{ // Compliant public static final int OPEN = 4; private int field = 0; public Foo() {...} public boolean isTrue() {...} }