Using access modifiers while creating a new class object in Java

Sam Fisher, <p>

As Michael McDonald commented,</p><p> It is illegal to use access modifiers on any variable inside a method.</p><p> Access modifiers may be used to specify access of class variables such as data members and methods/functions.</p><p> Similarly, it can be used when creating objects too, as can be seen from the sample code below, but not within methods/functions.</p>

A.java

public class A
{
  private String mStr="";

  A(String str)
  {
    mStr = str;
  }

  public String getString()
  {
    return mStr;
  }
}

Introductions.java

import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {
    static public A a = new A("Hello");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.console().printf("Hi\n");
        // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
        System.out.println(a.getString());
  }
}

Console

treehouse:~/workspace$ javac A.java && javac Introductions.java && java Introductions<p>

Hi</p><p>

Hello</p><p>

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