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Bug 401223

Summary:	[1.8][compiler] add 'package' as an access modifier
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Srikanth Sankaran <srikanth_sankaran>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	markus.kell.r
Version:	4.3
Target Milestone:	BETA J8
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	380190

Description Stephan Herrmann

2013-02-19 14:15:17 EST

JSR 335 0.6.1 Part H:

"To avoid confusion with the default modifier, the access level given implicitly to unmodified declarations in classes is now referred to as package access rather than default access; the package modifier may be used to explicitly indicate this access level."

Interestingly this only speaks of "declarations in classes".

The only updated grammar rule I can see in this regard is:

ClassModifier: one of
  Annotation
  'public'
  'protected'
  'package'
  'private'
  'abstract'
  'static'
  'final'
  'strictfp'
  
This looks inconsistent to me. I assume that all levels (classes, interfaces and members) should be affected, but then the spec should say so.

Comment 1 Srikanth Sankaran

2013-02-19 14:20:04 EST

This feature is very likely to be pulled out of Java 8, per discussions
in the EG list. I'll wait until the next draft spec becomes available
before closing as NOP.

Comment 2 Srikanth Sankaran

2013-02-26 18:07:16 EST

We have word that this proposal is being pulled back. So resolving as
invalid.