6.6.6 Example: public Fields, Methods, and Constructors

A public class member or constructor is accessible throughout the package where it is declared and from any other package that has access to the package in which it is declared (§7.4.4). For example, in the compilation unit:

package points;

public class Point {

	int x, y;


	public void move(int dx, int dy) {
		x += dx; y += dy;
		moves++;
	}


	public static int moves = 0;

}

the public class Point has as public members the move method and the moves field. These public members are accessible to any other package that has access to package points. The fields x and y are not public and therefore are accessible only from within the package points.