Paul Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> "John Keiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Let's just use that as an indication that protected classes are
> > allowed.
> 
> Everyone seems to be missing my point.
> 
> Top-level non-public classes should not be implemented.  Period.  The
> only valid modifiers for a top-level class are "public", "abstract",
> and "final" ("static" denotes all top-level classes in Java 1.1).  If
> a top-level class does not have the public modifier, then we will not
> be implementing it.
> 
> A good example of a top-level non-public class which we will not be
> implementing is HashtableEnumerator (which is included with the JDK).
> 
> Protected fields/methods/inner classes will be implemented.  They are
> documented and considered part of the public Java API.

Okay everyone, I've made the changes necessary to have this work.
I've also discovered a small regex bug which I promptly squashed.  I
have a couple of computers working on regenerating those results as I
type.

Brian
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