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Thread: Whats wrong with Java's Private Membership

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    Exclamation Whats wrong with Java's Private Membership

    The code is:
    class room
    {
        float z;
        float y;
    }
        public static void main()
        {
            float area;
            room r = new room();
            r.z=10;
            r.y=20;
            area=r.z*r.y;
            System.out.println("area = ", area);
    }
    Why is this giving me an answer area = 200
    I know that by default member's are private so I should not be able to access the variables without creating an member function that is public.
    Last edited by helloworld922; August 25th, 2010 at 03:33 PM.


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    Default Re: Whats wrong with Java's Private Membership

    Quote Originally Posted by CandorZ View Post
    I know that by default member's are private so I should not be able to access the variables without creating an member function that is public.

    no, the default access means the the element is visible/accessible inside the same package. so, because the class room is in the same package like the main, also the variable x and z are visible. to be precise, the visibility of default is

    from the same class: yes
    from any class in the same package: yes
    from a subclass in the same package: yes
    from a subclass outside the same package: no
    from any non-subclass class outside the package: no
    Last edited by j2me64; August 25th, 2010 at 05:48 AM.

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