Name: dbT83986			Date: 05/13/99


/*
method check.showProblem raises IllegalAccessException
even though getFields should only return "all the accessible public fields of the class"

This is ambiguous for member notQuitePublic because it has
default package access.

I need a way to distinguish the member publicField
from the member notQuitePublic.
*/



// file packageAxs\PublicBase.java
package packageAxs;
public class PublicBase { 
	 public int publicField = 456;
}

// file packageAxs\Class1.java
package packageAxs;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import check;

public class Class1
{
	public static void main (String[] args) {
		check.showProblem(new packageDerived());
	}
}
// note this class is defined locally in file 
// packageAxs\Class1.java
class packageDerived extends PublicBase {
	public int notQuitePublic = 123;
	}

// file check.java
import java.lang.reflect.*;

public class check {
	public static void showProblem(Object o) {
		Class c = o.getClass();
		System.out.println("Class " + c + " " + Modifier.toString(c.getModifiers()));

		// when called with an object from packageDerived getModifiers tells
		// me it is not public. But I can access the field publicField because
		// it comes from a public base class.

		Field[] fa = c.getFields();
		for (int i = 0; i < fa.length; i++) {
			System.out.println("Field " + fa[i] + " is " + Modifier.toString(fa[i].getModifiers()));
			try {
				Object or = fa[i].get(o);
				System.out.println("Field named " + fa[i].getName() + " returned " + or);
				}
			catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
				// IllegalAccessException is raised even though the field
				// notQuitePublic appears in the list of public fields as returned
				// from c.getFields
				System.out.println("IllegalAccessException: How can i prevent this for " + fa[i].getName());
				}
			}
		}
}
(Review ID: 58102) 
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