Name: aaC67449 Date: 07/20/98



javac incorrectly denies access from a subclass to protected inner class from a superclass placed in other package.
 
See the examples and javac output.
 
This bug is introduced in JDK1.2-fcsB, all works correctly in JDK1.2-fcsA, JDK1.2-beta4 and JDK1.1.6.

------------------Example-----------------------------------

---- Test1.java -------

package test;
public class Test1 {
    protected class InnerTest1 {
    }
}

---- Test2.java -----

import test.Test1;
public class Test2 extends Test1 {
    protected class InnerTest2 extends InnerTest1{
    }
}

-------------------Output------------------------------------
JDK1.2-fcsB:

#>/set/java/JDK1.2-fcsB/solaris/bin/javac -d . Test1.java Test2.java
Test2.java:3: The type test.Test1.InnerTest1 to which the member <init> belongs is not accessible from inner class Test2. InnerTest2.
    protected class InnerTest2 extends InnerTest1{
                    ^
1 error
#>

JDK1.2-fcsA:

#>/set/java/JDK1.2-fcsA/solaris/bin/javac -d . Test1.java Test2.java
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