Bug extending inner class from subclass of its outer class.

["Mark J. Roberts" <mjr at statesmean dot com>]

Here it is:

public class Outer {
    protected class Inner {
        //blah
    }
}

and

public class Outer2 extends Outer {
    protected class Inner2 extends Inner {
        //blah
    }
}

and IBM's javac works:

mjr::test$ javac *.java
mjr::test$

but not yours:

mjr::test$ gcj -c *.java
Outer2.java:2: Can't access protected nested class Outer$Inner. Only public classes and interfaces in other packages can be accessed.
       protected class Inner2 extends Inner {
                                      ^
1 error
mjr::test$

This bug does not occur if the inner class is public.


-- 
Mark Roberts
mjr@statesmean.com