accessing private member/method from a diff class.

[Rajendra Deshpande]

Consider the class defn below..
class Beta {
void accessMethod() {
Alpha a = new Alpha();
a.iamprivate = 10; // illegal
a.privateMethod(); // illegal
}
}
'iamprivate' and 'privateMethod' are both declared as private in Alpha. I fail to understand how the 2 stmt in accessMethod are illegal despite the fact that they belong to object 'a'.
TIA.

[Bosun Bello]

Yes, the are private and belong to object a. But a is defined in a different class. That's why they are not accesible.

Bosun