Re: Importing object at run-time

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
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Date:
Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:07:10 -0400
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Crouchez wrote:

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On Sep 1, 10:07 pm, "Crouchez" <b...@bllllllahblllbllahblahblahhh.com>
wrote:

I can't the interface's method is protected.


Why/How is the interface's method protected?

AFAIK, you cannot even compile an interface with a protected method.
You can have default (none), public or abstract modifiers only.

-cheers,
Manish

Sorry it's an abstract class not an interface


theClass.newInstance---

"Creates a new instance of the class represented by this Class object. The
class is instantiated as if by a new expression with an empty argument
list. The class is initialized if it has not already been initialized."

Class theClass = Class.forName("classy");
MyClass obj = (MyClass)theClass.newInstance(); //not like a new MyClass()
?
obj.doSomething(); //protected doSomething can't be accessed ?

Won't compile because doSomething is protected?


btw, classy.class extends MyClass which has a protected method doSomething()


Class names should begin with an upper-case letter, thus, "Classy".

You should read up on access. The "protected" modifier means that the method
can only be invoked:
- within the defining class itself,
- from a class in the same package,
or
- from a class that inherits from the defining class.

Clearly your invoking class is none of the above with respect to MyClass,
therefore it does not have access to the protected methods of MyClass.

Since you do not show the definition of the invoking class it's hard to advise
how to fix that.

--
Lew

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