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AI-generatedUML visibility modifier ambiguity in nested class structures
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) specification defines four visibility levels—public, private, protected, and package—yet it does not mandate a strict default state for new elements when visibility is not explicitly defined. This leads to inconsistency across different modeling tools, which often default to public, potentially resulting in accidental expo