Class Modifiers

Class modifiers in Java can be divided into access modifiers, which determine the accessibility of classes (such as public and private), and non-access modifiers, which offer additional functionality (like final and static). The reflection package in Java facilitates the retrieval of metadata about classes, including their modifiers and methods. However, only annotations with a RetentionPolicy of RUNTIME are accessible via reflection, limiting runtime visibility to specific annotations such as @Deprecated.