Nested classes question

[kelvSYC]

Does a class have access to the private fields and methods of a
nonstatic member class?

 

[Paul Lutus]

Does a class have access to the private fields and methods of a
nonstatic member class?

What did your 30-second practical experiment reveal? Do you have access to a
Java compiler?

 

[Ryan Stewart]

Does a class have access to the private fields and methods of a
nonstatic member class?

It took me about 45 seconds to test this:

public class NestedAccess {
public static void main(String[] args) {
AccessMe am = new NestedAccess().new AccessMe();
System.out.println(am.x);
System.out.println(am.getX());
}

class AccessMe {
private int x = 5;

private int getX() {
return x;
}
}
}

The answer is yes.

 

[Chris Smith]

Does a class have access to the private fields and methods of a
nonstatic member class?

The specific rule (from JLS 6.6.1, near the bottom of the section) is
that private members are accessible from anywhere with the body of the
top-level class that contains them. Since the entire nested class is
within the body of that top-level class, its private members are
accessible.

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