Bug 194996

Description kely_garcia 2007-06-30 01:41:38 EDT

Steps To Reproduce:
Build id: I20070608-1718

Encapsulate field "theField" on the following:

public class A {
	String theField;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		B b = new A().new B();
		System.out.println(b.getTheField());
	}

	class B extends A {
		private String getTheField() {
			return theField;
		}
	}
}

Yields the following refactored code:
public class A {
	private String theField;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		B b = new A().new B();
		System.out.println(b.getTheField());
	}

	void setTheField(String theField) {
		this.theField = theField;
	}

	String getTheField() {
		return theField;
	}

	class B extends A {
		private String getTheField() {
			return theField;
		}
	}
}

The compilation error is: "cannot reduce the visibility of inherited method from A"

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