...and to any classes which enclose it.

But only in the sense that the compiler fakes access by generating non-private
backdoor access methods.  That may be close enough for some purposes, but it
turns my stomach.

BTW, /inheritance/ as opposed to just /access/ is a different story.  The
reader is invited to consider what the output of the following program should
be according to the spec, what it should be according to common-sense, and what
it will be according to the code generated by javac (I'm using JDK 1.6.0).

   -- chris

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public class Test
{
   public static void
   main(String[] args)
   {
       Nested n = new Nested();
       n.test();

       Test t = new Nested();
       t.doIt();
   }

   private void
   doIt()
   {
       System.out.println("Doin' it");
   }

   public static class Nested
   extends Test
   {
       public void
       test()
       {
           this.doIt();
           super.doIt();
       }

       public void
       doIt()
       {
           System.out.println("Not gonna do it");
       }
   }
}
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