private method access confusion

[prabhak]

when i execute subtest class using java2 , the following code is
running successfully and giving the output message " main executed" .
how can a private method of superclass is being accessed in sub class?
can anybody clarify me?
-------------------------------

public class subtest extends test {
}


class test {

private static void main(String args[]) {

System.out.println("main executed" );

}

}

[news.devx.com]

It's not a matter of inheritance. The Sun JVM itself
doesn't require that the main method of a class be
accessible. It can be private. There is debate
on the Sun web site about whether or not this
behavior is a problem. The JVM implementation
does not seem to be in concordance with the Java
Language Specification (section 12.1.4).

See the bugs with IDs 4252539 and 4155575

at

http://developer.java.sun.com/develo...s/4155575.html

and

http://developer.java.sun.com/develo...s/4252539.html


---Russell Johannesson

"prabhak" <pp_reddy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:390499cc$1@news.devx.com...
>
> when i execute subtest class using java2 , the following code is
> running successfully and giving the output message " main executed" .
> how can a private method of superclass is being accessed in sub class?
> can anybody clarify me?
> -------------------------------
>
> public class subtest extends test {
> }
>
>
> class test {
>
> private static void main(String args[]) {
>
> System.out.println("main executed" );
>
> }
>
> }
>