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