Accessing inherited protected instance variable question

[Edward Lawrence]

Given the following 2 classes (Dog.java extends Animal.java), please help me with the 2 questions listed below them.

package pkga;
public class Animal {
     protected int i = 1;
}

	package pkgb;
	import pkga.Animal;
	public class Dog extends Animal {

		public int fromAnimal = i;

		System.out.println("1-protected Animal instance variable i = " + i);

		public void testIt() {

	        	System.out.println("2-protected Animal instance variable i = " + i);
	   	}
   		public static void main(String[] args){
			Dog dog = new Dog();
   			dog.testIt();
   		}
	}

Question 1 - Why do I get the following compile error for line 5 but get no error for line 4 in Dog.java?

C:\SCJP\CODEPR~1>javac pkgb\Dog.java
pkgb\Dog.java:9: <identifier> expected
System.out.println("1-protected Animal instance variable i = " + i);
^
1 error

Question 2 - How do I access the inherited instance variable i in the main method of Dog.java?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Edward Lawrence wrote:
Question 1 - Why do I get the following compile error for line 5 but get no error for line 4 in Dog.java?

C:\SCJP\CODEPR~1>javac pkgb\Dog.java
pkgb\Dog.java:9: <identifier> expected
System.out.println("1-protected Animal instance variable i = " + i);
^
1 error

Statement(except declaration statement) must be inside a block/method .

Edward Lawrence wrote:
Question 2 - How do I access the inherited instance variable i in the main method of Dog.java?

way - 1:
create a instance of subclass/Dog and then access the protected variable of super class which stay in another package.

way - 2:
make the protected variable i as static in super class

hope this helps

[Edward Lawrence]

Awesome!! Thanks.

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