[3506] in java-interest
Re: protected is not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pat Niemeyer)
Tue Nov 14 22:47:52 1995
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:20:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Pat Niemeyer <pat@icon-stl.net>
To: Michael Daconta <daconta@PrimeNet.Com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199511132338.QAA21325@usr1.primenet.com>
On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Michael Daconta wrote:
> 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.
Protected members are avaiable to subclasses and classes in the same *package*
or compilation unit. If you put junk in a seperate package its protected
members will not be accessible by Protect.
I believe that this is the default permission if you don't use any modifiers.
Pat
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