Package
This is encapsulation mechanism to group related classes and interfaces in single module. The main purposes of package are – To resolved naming conflict To improve modularity of program To provide security by preventing access of classes and interface to outside of package Rules – If package is available in java file then first non-comment code should be package. There can be only one package name in java file. Note – As java naming convention, package name should be reverse of internet domain name. eg - com.icicibank.loan housingloan You can create class which is not in package. But it is always recommended that you should declare a class in package.