This code doesn't compile:

public class foo {
    public static class bar {
 
        private int i;
 
        private void setI(int i) {
            this.i = i;
        }
    
    }
 
    static public void main(String args[]) {
        bar b = new bar();
        System.out.println(b.i);
        // b.setI(42);
        b.i = 42;
        System.out.println(b.i);
    }
}

It dies with foo.java:18: Invalid left hand side of assignment.
        b.i = 42;

However, if I replace the "b.i = 42" with "b.setI(42)", it works.

I haven't tried against 1.2, but this bug might be there, too.

(Note to myself: When this gets fixed, take the gratituous private
mutator methods out of sunw.hotjava.misc.RequestProcessor.Request)

john.bui@eng 1997-10-17

No specific test case available. Implicity tested, closed with exposure.