Description Eric DeFazio 2003-03-20 21:08:03 EST

(RC2) Eclipse will throw a compilation error when you try to invoke a protected 
method from a derived class in another pkg.

i.e. Base Class = 
package javaoverview.methods;

public class MethodAccessibilityBase
{   
    protected void protectedMethod ()
    {
        System.out.println ("Can be invoked by subclasses");        
    }
}

Derived = 
package javaoverview.methods.anotherpackage;

import javaoverview.methods.MethodAccessibilityBase;

public class MethodAccessibilityDerivedAnotherPackage extends 
MethodAccessibilityBase
{
    public void invokeMethods()
    {
     MethodAccessibilityBase lClassToCallMethodOn = new MethodAccessibilityBase
();
     lClassToCallMethodOn.protectedMethod();
    }
}