Re: access levels for private field which is inherited

thufir wrote:
>> Would someone provide an example where Foo extends Bar and there are 
>> private fields in Bar which Foo uses in its constructor(s)?  Seems a 
>> conundrum...Using the following example:

Lothar Kimmeringer wrote:
> Without reflection there is no way, but given your example
> you just need to call setName(name) to achieve your intention.

Stay away from reflection for this.

To call setName() from the constructor safely, the method must be final. 
Non-final methods called from a constructor are a major risk factor.

Really the superclass needs a constructor with a name argument, if it's 
intended that subcl***** extend off the name.  Since Bar does not have a 
constructor that takes 'name', then its subcl***** should not try to
construct 
the with a parent 'name'.  If Bar did have a 'public Bar( String name )' 
constructor, then Foo would invoke that:

public Foo( String name )
{
   super( name );
}

You cannot directly access private members of other cl*****.

-- 
Lew