Java doesn't allow the declaration of variables with the same names in multiple scenarios. For instance, you can't define instance and static variables in a class with the same name. Similarly, you can't define method parameters and local variables with the same names in a method.

However, you can define local variables with the same names as an instance or static variables in a class. This doesn't mean that you can't access them later. To access an instance variable from a method, you can prefix the variable name with the this keyword.

These restrictions allow you to access all of the variables within a scope.