java/2361: Cannot acces protected field of superclass in a different package

[mark@klomp.org]

>Number:         2361
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       Cannot acces protected field of superclass in a different package
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 23 07:06:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mark@klomp.org
>Release:        gcc version 3.0 20010323 (powerpc) and gcc version 3.1 20010323 (i586)
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>Description:
Accessing a protected field from a superclass in a different package fails when you try to access it through a different instance. For example try the following:

package pkg;

public class C {
protected int p = 16;
}

class Test extends pkg.C {
    void test() {
        Test test = new Test();
        int i = p; // this succeeds
        int j = test.p; // this should also be possible
    }
}
package pkg;

public class C {
    protected int p = 16;
}

$ gcj -C Test.java pkg/C.java 
Test.java: In class `Test':
Test.java: In method `Test.test()':
Test.java:5: Can't access protected field `Test.p' from `Test'.
           int j = test.p;
                       ^
1 error

Compiling first with jikes to class files and then compiling the class files to o files with gcj does work.
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