java - Method name interchange - public abstract or abstract public

Question

I recently came across the following methods. I tried googling and did an example to see the difference by defining the methods as follows; both seems to be the same. But, i need to know if it's really the same ?

public abstract void methodName();
abstract public void methodName();

Note: public and abstracthas been interchanged in the above 2 methods.

Answer 1

There is no difference as far as functionality is concerned but, regardless of whichever you choose, it's best to stay consistent.

That being said, I've almost never seen the abstract public used before. So, from a coding standards point of view, public abstract is probably going to be more easily recognized by more people.