... files—PackageDataTest.class and PackageData.class. The compiler places the two .class files in the same directory. You can also place class PackageData (lines 22–30) in a separate source-code file.

Fig. 8.15 Package-access members of a class are accessible by other classes in the same package.


 1   // Fig. 8.15: PackageDataTest.java
 2   // Package-access members of a class are accessible by other classes
 3   // in the same package.
 4
 5   public class PackageDataTest {
 6      public static void main(String[] args) {
 7         PackageData packageData = new PackageData();
 8
 9         // output String representation of packageData
10         System.out.printf("After instantiation:%n%s%n", packageData);
11
12         // change package access data in packageData object
13         packageData.number = 77 ...

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