Doubt in john meyers' question...

[Gabriel Ozeas]

Hi folks, i have a doubt about modifiers in this question from john meyers

import java.util.*;
class test implements Comparator<test>
{
   private int x;
   test(int input) { x = input; }
   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      List list = new ArrayList();
      list.add(new test(2));
      list.add(new test(1));
      Collections.sort(list, new test(2));
   }
   public int compare( test t1 , test t2 )
   {
      return t1.x - t2.x;
   }
}

why the compare method can access t1.x and t2.x if they are private? i compile and run this code but no compiler or runtime error appeared...

thxz everyone!

[chander shivdasani]

private members of a class can be accessed by the methods of the same class