I'm running into the following compilation error (build
9-ea+116-2016-04-28-175027.javare.4913.nc):
$ javac -modulesourcepath src -d out $(find . -name '*.java')
.src/test/client/Client.java:13: error: toString() in Object is defined in an
inaccessible class or interface
repository.findText(id).toString();
Besides the fact that the error message is somewhat confusing (how would
toString() in Object ever be inaccessible?), this example raises a question on
implied readability for me.
In this case, repository.findText() returns a type Text that normally requires
implied readability. I deliberately omitted the 'public' from the corresponding
requires clause, since I thought that calling toString() (or equals/hashCode)
would be possible without having readability on the actual type. In the end
it's just an invokevirtual on j.l.Object, right? Am I missing something here?
It works fine when adding back the 'public' to the requires clause, obviously.
Thanks,
Sander
