Re: What is the difference between protected & public?

[Gerald . Struck]

>       I'm using jdk1.1.6v1 glibc jdk, I can compile B.java
> successfully.  However, A.java & B.java doesn't in the same package, why
> it can compile successfully?  B.java shouldn't had access right to A.y.
> Am I wrong?  Pls tell me the error.

Leung,

you're not using any 'package'-statements, so the code in both files
is part of the same unnamed default package. Hence B.getY() does have
access to A.y.

Gerald