gcj/225: gcj incorrectly checks access on protected inner interfaces

[mdejong@cygnus.com]

>Number:         225
>Category:       gcj
>Synopsis:       gcj incorrectly checks access on protected inner interfaces
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apbianco
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 07 20:40:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mo
>Release:        CVS
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>Description:
I don't think the following code is legal. The
ProtectedInnerInterface class is in the global
package and it has a protected member Inter
that should not be accessible.


% cat ProtectedInnerInterface.java
// File ProtectedInnerInterface.java

public class ProtectedInnerInterface {
    protected interface Inter {}
}


% cat ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java
// File ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java

package foo;

import ProtectedInnerInterface;

public class ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3 implements ProtectedInnerInterface.Inter {}

// This should fail to compile because the Inter member of ProtectedInnerInterface
// is protected and therefore should not be accessible.




% javac ProtectedInnerInterface.java ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java
ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java:11: Can't access nested interface ProtectedInnerInterface. Inter. Only public classes and interfaces in other packages can be accessed.
public class ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3 implements ProtectedInnerInterface.Inter {}
                                                              ^
1 error


% jikes -classpath /usr/share/kaffe/Klasses.jar ProtectedInnerInterface.java ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java

(No error generated)


% gcj -C ProtectedInnerInterface.java ProtectedInnerInterface_OtherPkgTest3.java

(No error generated)


So it seems like both jikes and gcj are wrong to compile this code. Only javac
seems to get it right.
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