Re: java package private access question
On Apr 11, 12:41 pm, www <w...@nospam.com> wrote:
mekane wrote:
From the Java Language Spec, section 7.1
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/packages.html
"There is no special access relationship between a package named oliver
and another package named oliver.twist, or between packages named
evelyn.wood and evelyn.waugh. For example, the code in a package named
oliver.twist has no better access to the types declared within package
oliver than code in any other package."
Suppose three packages:
evelyn
evelyn.wood
evelyn.waugh
The reason that both have "evelyn." must be that they have something in
common AND they do NOT have things in common with package oliver.twist.
This is a reasonable guess, based on the packages. Correct? (If I am
wrong, the author should name his packages as:
evelyn
wood
waugh
)
A reasonable assumption, and a very good way of organizing packages,
but not something that Java actually supports. Packages do not nest;
"nested" package names are an organizational convenience for humans
only.
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