<s>
Convention	B-Application
over	I-Application
Code	I-Application
is	O
a	O
design	O
approach	O
for	O
programming	O
languages	O
where	O
the	O
conventional	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
feature	O
is	O
taken	O
into	O
consideration	O
when	O
defining	O
the	O
default	O
semantics	O
of	O
the	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Convention	B-Application
over	I-Application
Configuration	I-Application
,	O
if	O
a	O
keyword	O
can	O
be	O
implied	O
by	O
its	O
absence	O
due	O
to	O
convention	O
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
less	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
idea	O
the	O
coder	O
is	O
expressing	O
and	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
hidden	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
,	O
notorious	O
example	O
is	O
found	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
find	O
the	O
keyword	O
public	O
infused	O
throughout	O
a	O
typical	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
excerpt	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
methods	O
this	O
access	O
modifier	O
implies	O
public	O
scope	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
practice	O
,	O
more	O
methods	O
use	O
public	O
scope	O
access	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
three	O
:	O
private	O
,	O
protected	O
and	O
package	O
protected	O
(	O
which	O
happens	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
actual	O
Java	B-Language
default	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convention	B-Application
over	I-Application
Code	I-Application
means	O
we	O
would	O
make	O
public	O
the	O
default	O
for	O
methods	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
better	O
use	O
of	O
keyword	O
Huffman	B-General_Concept
coding	I-General_Concept
in	O
language	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
