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Is this legal: public OtherClass oc = new OtherClass(); ?

I has the answer rigth (The class will fail to compile)because I assumed the previous line was not legal...however that was not the cause.
 
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Daniel Martins wrote:

Is this legal: public OtherClass oc = new OtherClass(); ?

I has the answer rigth (The class will fail to compile)because I assumed the previous line was not legal...however that was not the cause.



The package declaration statement must be the first line of code in class...
 
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Daniel, the order of declaration of classes don't matter, you can declare references of a class even if they are declared after they are used. As far as I remember, in C++ you had to declare a class before it was used, but its not the case in java, so if you got confused because of that, then don't be...
 
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I got confused with the public OtherClass oc = new OtherClass();

I do not remember seing something like this: public A a = new A();
 
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That's an instance field of the class, it can be declared public, protected, private or default scope i.e. package visible...
 
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My Opinion: The public access modifier is for the object oc, nothing else! If wrong correct!
 
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