Can't declare an abstract method private

Question

I want to do this, yet I can\'t. Here is my scenario and rational. I have an abstract class for test cases that has an abstract method called test(). The test() method is to

Answer 1

abstract means you'll want to define the method in a child class

private means the child classes won't see the method

How could it compile ?

If the method should end up public, declare it public abstract, that's all.