static nested class with reference to outer class

[Brian]

Hello all,

Here's one i hope is new to you.  When compiling and
executing ant-1.5.1 i ran into an IllegalAccessError.

Specifically it was in ProjectHelperImpl.  They make a
nested class static.  The make an explicit reference to the
outer class.  And finally refer to a private member.

Here's a generalization...

public class PHI
	{
	public static void main( String Args[] )
		{
		PHI phi = new PHI();
		RH rh = new RH( phi );
		rh.setLocator( "hound" );
		}

	private String locator;

	static class RH		// RootHandler
		{
		PHI phi;
		public RH( PHI phi )
			{
			this.phi = phi;
			}
		public void setLocator( String locator )
			{
			phi.locator = locator;
			}
		}
	}

It compiles successfully.  But when running it i get an
IllegalAccessError in RH.setLocator().  Is this correct
behavior according to the JLS?

If RH was non-static and the reference to the outer class
was implicit, it executes successfully.

thanks,
Brian


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