[CS61B-Sp18] Packages and Access Control

Packages and Access Control

Packages

Creating

1. Put the package name at the top of every file in this package
2. Store the file in a folder that has the appropriate folder name

In IntelliJ:

1. File → New Package

2. Choose package name (i.e. “ug.joshh.animal”)

Adding (new) Java Files to a Package, in IntelliJ:

1. Right-click package name

2. Select New → Java Class

3. Name your class, and IntelliJ will automatically put it in the correct folder

Adding (old) Java Files to a Package, in IntelliJ:

1. Add “package [packagename]” to the top of the file.

2. Drag the .java file into the corresponding folder.

Default packages

Bad:

• code from the default package cannot be imported,
• possible to accidentally create classes with the same name under the default package

JAR files

Creating a JAR File (IntelliJ):

1. Go to File → Project Structure → Artifacts → JAR → “From modules with dependencies”

2. Click OK a couple of times

3. Click Build → Build Artifacts (this will create a JAR file in a folder called “Artifacts”)

4. Distribute this JAR file

Build Systems

Rather than importing a list of libraries, we can simply put the files into the appropriate place, and use “Build Systems”.

Access Control

Access is based only on static type.

Modifier	Class	Package	Subclass	World
public	Y	Y	Y	Y
protected	Y	Y	Y	N
(package protected)	Y	Y	N	N
private	Y	N	N	N