[3481] in java-interest
Re: protected is not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edith Au)
Tue Nov 14 14:05:38 1995
To: Michael Daconta <daconta@PrimeNet.Com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:30:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Edith Au <edith@pencom.com>
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199511132338.QAA21325@usr1.primenet.com> from "Michael Daconta" at Nov 13, 95 04:38:15 pm
Hi,
protected variables can be accessed by the methods of its class and subclasses
apiece is an object of junk so apiece can access protected variable name.
Change name to a private variable if you want name to be accessed only by
the junk class.
Cheers,
Edith
>
> Here is a simple chunk of code that does not
> seem to work properly.
>
> class junk {
> protected String name;
>
> junk(String inName)
> {
> name = new String(inName);
> }
> }
>
> class Protect {
> public static void main(String args[])
> {
> junk apiece = new junk("piece of junk");
>
> System.out.println(apiece.name);
> }
> }
>
>
> This code compiles and prints out the name of the
> object. The problem is that the compiler should not have
> let me do this. name is a protected variable. protected should
> mean that inaccesible except to subclasses.
>
> Any ideas or is this a bug?
>
> I am using the beta for Win95.
>
> - Mike Daconta
>
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