Name: skT88420 Date: 08/18/99


When I have another (2nd) class (scope=default) (dbRule) in a .java file (containing another public class), which gets used by other classes where all reside in the default package, compilation goes fine when I compile one java file at a time. If I use javac *.java, then I get the following warning:

servl.java:3: class dbRule is defined in DataBase.java. Because it is used outside of its source file, it should be defined in a file called "dbRule.java".
        public dbRule getRule() { dbRule rule = new dbRule(); return rule; }
                      ^
1 warning

It seems that the compiler is inconsistant, and the warning is meaningless as far as the visibility rules are concerned.
If you need source code, please send me an E-Mail, I have created a sample code to recreate this.

Thanks,
Husni Salka

Test Case:

DataBase.java:
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public class DataBase
{
        private String name;
        public DataBase() {;}
        public void Open() {;}
        public void Close() {;}
}

class dbRule
{
        private String description;

        public String getDesc() { return description; }
        public void setDescription(String desc) { description = desc; }
}

servl.java:
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public class servl
{
        public dbRule getRule() { dbRule rule = new dbRule(); return rule; }


        public static void main(String args[])
        {
                DataBase db = new DataBase();
                dbRule rule = new dbRule();
                servl s = new servl();
                rule = s.getRule();
                db.Open();
                db.Close();
        }
}

(Review ID: 94065)
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