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Switch public class properties for constants and private/protected properties

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Since Aug 16, 2024.

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type: maintenance

Review the public properties and see which can be changed to constants, and which can be made non-public.

While this would be a breaking change, we're still on major version 0.x.y, so breaking changes are allowed.

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