Name: laC46010 Date: 03/23/99



javac (1.1.x, 1.2fcs, 1.2.1) fails to compile inner class instance
creation expression, if inner class declaration has protected modifier
and this class is accessed by the class which belongs to the
different package. If the class belongs to the same package compilation
succeeds. This bug causes JDK1.2.1 to fail JCK test icls04591m2.html
    The access should be granted in this case because class "test" extends
class "A", and Inner Classes Specification reads:

"All the existing access protection and modification modes apply in a
regular fashion to types which are members of other classes. Classes
and interfaces can be declared private or protected within their
enclosing classes."

Test example and diagnostics follow:
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% cat A.java
/* A.java */
package inner;

public class A {
    protected class B {
    }
}

% cat test.java
/* test.java */
package pkg;

import inner.A;

public class test extends A {
    public static void m() {
        B b = (new A()).new B();
    }
}
% java -version
java version "1.2.1"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.1-K, green threads, sunwjit)
% javac A.java
% javac test.java
test.java:8: No constructor matching A. B(inner.A) found in inner class inner.A. B.
        B b = (new A()).new B();
                       ^
1 error


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