Please solve the problem...

Hi.Iam doing alott to understand the following scenario.Please help me,What is the wrong with the following code.

protected class AnotherClass
{

}

class MyClass
{
public static void main(String l[])
{
System.out.println("hello");

}

}

D:\sureshsai>javac MyClass.java
MyClass.java:1: modifier protected not allowed here
protected class AnotherClass

Thanks and regards
suresh.

Originally posted by chinna suresh:
...MyClass.java:1: modifier protected not allowed here
protected class AnotherClass...

A top-level class cannot be protected or private. If you consider what these modifiers mean, it becomes clear why they can't apply to a top-level class.

Suresh,
You are using illegal specifier for the class.
Valid modifiers/specifiers are public, abstract and final.

You can use protected access specifier in inner class like below.. which is legal.

public class Test{
protected class MyProtectedTest{

}
private class MyPrivateTest{

}

}

Thanks,
Sam

Hi sam,
Thanks for your help and immediate response.I understood from your good example,the modifiers that can be used for a class.But How can I make class that is protected(or private),non-inner(or non-nested) with in the file that contains "main" class or in other separate file?
Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by chinna suresh:
... How can I make class that is protected(or private),non-inner(or non-nested) with in the file that contains "main" class or in other separate file? ...

Again, a top-level (non-nested) class cannot be protected or private.

Hi Suresh
You can only use two access modifiers for classes(public&default) and you can use nonaccess modifiers (abstract,final,strictp).

Originally posted by KiranR:
... You can only use two access modifiers for classes(public&default)...

Note that "default" is not an access modifier. It is one term (of many) to describe the access that results from no access modifier. Other names for this include "friendly," "package," "package friendly," "package default," etc.