>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The rule is, a default constructor inherits the access of its class. >> I.E., 'protected' is correct here. Stuart> Doesn't that mean that a class that inherits from JEditorPane can see Stuart> the class but not the constructor? And isn't that a little weird? (Not Stuart> disputing your JLS expertise, mind you :) ) Oh, no... access control quiz! I think you are right, the access is disallowed. It is a bit weird but the default constructor access rule is pretty definitive: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/classes.doc.html#16823 The inherited member class can still be used in this case by making a subclass of it. >> Perhaps you can do it by noticing if the class has a synthetic >> 'this$0' field. This is the usual name for an 'outer this' >> reference, meaning that the class is not static. Stuart> Does every nonstatic inner class get its outer this prepended to every Stuart> constructor? (It's easy enough to detect that the class isn't static, Stuart> we already flag a japi error if the staticness is wrong) Stuart> What about a doubly-nested inner class, does it get two or Stuart> just the innermost? Just the immediate outer instance is passed in. Suppose you're making an instance of a doubly-nested inner class: class Outer { class Middle { class Inner { } } } You have to write something like <middle>.new Inner(). The <middle> instance here, however it was made, already has its own 'this$0' pointing at the instance of Outer. Hmm, actually there is a weird case, I think, where both the instantiated class and its superclass have outer instances. I forget what happens in this situation. Tom _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list Classpath@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
