protected constructor confusion

Forgot to mention --- Build is 944

Why would this code be invalid? C2 extends C1 and thus has access to all protected members (including constructors).

Thats why confusing. Compile this class, it gives error.

Is still access modifiers not stabilized in JLS???

By the way JDK is 1.3.0_03

Imagine you have a protected method

in C1.
It's ok to call

from a method in C2. However it's
not allowed to call foo on an another object of class C1:

<-- error

That's why you can call

from within C2's constructor but cannot usr

.

So it's a bug in Idea, please file a tracker item (btw the bug is still there in 977).

Please submit an SCR.

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Valentin Kipiatkov
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"Anki" <no_mail@jetbrains.com> wrote in message
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Hi All

>

Please see the following code

 package p1;
>
> public class C1 {
>     protected C1() { } //protected constructor
> }
>
> --------------
>
> package p2;
> import p1.*;
>
> public class C2 extends C1 {
>     public static void amethod() {
>         new C1(); // <<<<---------- This is an error
>     }
> }
> ]]>

>

new C1(); is an error. But IDEA is not showing any error and there is

Green light.
>

Is this a bug in IDEA? Or Am I missing something?

>

Thanks
Anki.N

The protected constructors is not easy.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/names.doc.html#72728

You can call protected constructors by "new" operators only in case of inner class, as i can understand

Thanks!

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--Dave

I Just submitted

Thanks.