Thread: Whats wrong with Java's Private Membership

The code is:

class room
{
    float z;
    float y;
}
    public static void main()
    {
        float area;
        room r = new room();
        r.z=10;
        r.y=20;
        area=r.z*r.y;
        System.out.println("area = ", area);
}

Why is this giving me an answer area = 200
I know that by default member's are private so I should not be able to access the variables without creating an member function that is public.

Originally Posted by CandorZ

I know that by default member's are private so I should not be able to access the variables without creating an member function that is public.

no, the default access means the the element is visible/accessible inside the same package. so, because the class room is in the same package like the main, also the variable x and z are visible. to be precise, the visibility of default is

from the same class: yes
from any class in the same package: yes
from a subclass in the same package: yes
from a subclass outside the same package: no
from any non-subclass class outside the package: no