Package Accessiblty problem

[Lucky J Verma]

i made a class MyClass ,put it in 1 package.
Using it in another class Test1 ,in another package.
like MyClass m=new MyClass();
its giving error ,
,MyClass is not public ,cant be access inotsside package.
I made MyClass public and even its constructr public ,which as not reqd.
what cud be the reason

[dolly shah]

I am assuming that you have created MyClass's instance in Test1 class. As long as MyClass has default access modifier & both classes are in different packages, you can't access MyClass from Test1.
If you are not clear please post the exact code so that someone can reply you properly.

[Lucky J Verma]

MyClass is a public class,so must be accessible to any class.
I tried with its Constructor with public ..even.

MyClass ,Test1 Both are in different packages/
Test1 Class is using it ,MyClass ,but not accessible.

It cant be some older version prblem as MyClass was public for start only.

[Youssef Ghazal]

hi,
in order to use a public class outside the package that it had been created you have to import it ;

  
package x;
public class MyClass{}

  
package y;
import x.MyClass;
public class OtherClass{}
  

[Burkhard Hassel]

Howdy!

Youssef Ghazal posted Today 16:11

in order to use a public class outside the package that it had been created you have to import it

This seems to be one of the first postings of Youssef on this site, so


Welcome to the Ranch!





Maybe you found the cause why Lucky's code did not compile.
However, you cannot say that the import is absolutely required. Imports are only shortcuts for naming classes.

package y;
 
import x.MyClass;
 
public class OtherClass{
public static void main(String[] args) {
MyClass my = new MyClass();
System.out.println(my);
}
}

is just the same as

package y;
// no imports
public class OtherClass{
public static void main(String[] args) {
x.MyClass my = new x.MyClass();
System.out.println(my);
}
}

Yours,
Bu.