Re: java package private access question

From:
Owen Jacobson <angrybaldguy@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
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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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