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Hi everybody Question 8) What will happen when you attempt to compile and run this code? private class Base{} public class Vis{ transient int iVal; public static void main(String elephant[]){ } } 1)Compile time error: Base cannot be private 2)Compile time error indicating that an integer cannot be transient 3)Compile time error transient not a data type 4)Compile time error malformed main method Answer 8) Objective 1.2) 1)Compile time error: Base cannot be private A top leve (non nested) class cannot be private.
Can anybody help me to understand this clearly ? I was thinking that private class Base{} is a standalone entity in that code. Thanks ARS Kumar
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Hi Kumar, JLS says that only an inner classes can be declared as private, protected or static. Any top-level class (which not nested) can only be declared as public or friendly (with no modifier). Compile time error will be encountered if a top level class is marked as private. Hope this helps !! Regards, Milind
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Hi Milind, Thanks for your help. ARS Kumar
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