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Cannot create a concrete sub-class of a public abstract class, in another package

 
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While trying out some stuff for examination, came across a scenario which defeats the public keyword to a certain extent. My 2 cents, check out the following code




Well not sure how everybody would have guessed it but for the first time i wud hv thot it prints Hi. But actually the code doesn't compile, as the abstract method is default.

 
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Yeah even though the class is visible(can extend or create instances), the member method is not visible outside the package. Also even if it was visible(public or protected), your code will not compile as you have not overridden the abstract method.
 
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Please use code tags instead of quote tags for source code.
 
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Jesper Young wrote:Please use code tags instead of quote tags for source code.



My bad. Fixed it.
 
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Nitish Bangera wrote:Yeah even though the class is visible(can extend or create instances), the member method is not visible outside the package. Also even if it was visible(public or protected), your code will not compile as you have not overridden the abstract method.



Nitish my bad, about me() method was not intended. Have rectified & put up the original code. Just that used me() for testing locally
 
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Still it won't work as you are making the overridden method access modifier more restrictive(from protected or public to default)
 
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Nitish Bangera wrote:Still it won't work as you are making the overridden method access modifier more restrictive(from protected or public to default)



not really... its default only... like the one in parent
 
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If its default, then its not visible to the class outside the package. You are creating a new method here for the subclass. I suppose this will be running fine now.
 
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