Description Eric M. Smith 2003-02-17 19:08:50 EST

I have the following 3 classes (a multiple level heirarchy) distributed across 2 packages as follows:

//==========================================//
package com.testHeirarchy.model;
public abstract class A {
    protected String s;
    public A( String s_ ) {
        s = s_;
    }
    /*package*/ abstract void clear();
}

//==========================================//
package com.testHeirarchy.model;
public class B extends A {
    public B( String s_ ) {
        super( s_ );
    }

    public void clear() {
        s = "";
    }
}

//==========================================//
package com.testHeirarchy.showError;
import com.testHeirarchy.model.B;
public class C extends B {
    public C( String s_ ) {
        super( s_ );
    }
}


The entire heirarchy compiles under Sun jdk 1.3.1_06; however under the M5 build of eclipse, class C cannot compile.  The generated error is :

This class must implement the inherited abstract method A.clear(), but cannot override it since it is not visible from C. Either make the type abstract or make the inherited method visible.	
C.java	testHeirarchy/src/com/testHeirarchy/showError	line 14