accesing variable of default package inside the package class

[R.Joe]

Pl help me out to run this program or how to access variable y inside the X1 class of a1 package

default package class
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import a1.*;
class AA
{
public int y=2;
public static void main(String[] args)
{
X1 xi =new X1();
xi.show();
}
}
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package class is

///////////////////////////////////
package a1;
public class X1
{
public int i = 0;
public void show()
{
System.out.println("value is "+i);
System.out.println("value is "+y);
}
}
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regards

[Maneesh Godbole]

Pl help me out to run this program or how to access variable y inside the X1 class of a1 package

There is no variable 'y' in X1 class. It exists in AA class.
If you want to access 'y' from X1 in the show method, you can do it by AA.y. For this to work you will have to declare 'y' as public static though.

"R.Joe",
Please choose your forums carefully.
Nothing UI related here.
Moving.

[R.Joe]

sorry for wrong posting

after declaring variable y as public static and accessing that variable inside X1 class as per your suggestion "AA.y", it will not works , it gives compilation error "can't access AA class inside X1 class

pl help

regards

[Campbell Ritchie]

You can't get access to classes inside the default package from classes in named packages. The compiler has been told not to compile it.

[Maneesh Godbole]

Oh ok.
I forgot all about that restriction (since 1.4 I think). Thanks Campbell.
Just move your AA class to some package to get it working.