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tash517
tash517

Reputation: 181

attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was public error for isCancelled

So i have this code for isCancelled in SwingWorker

boolean isCancelled() return true;

and its giving me the error

attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was public error

I dont know how to fix it. Can anyone help me? Thank you

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8299

Answers (3)

Fortran
Fortran

Reputation: 2336

Because if override methods you use same access in superclass or extend(package -> protected -> public).

Example if superclass:

boolean isCancelled(){}; // package local default access

protected boolean isCancelled(){};

public boolean isCancelled(){};

In your sub class use(relatively):

@Override
boolean isCancelled(){}; //or add  protected or public

@Override
protected boolean isCancelled(){};//or change public

@Override
public boolean isCancelled(){};

Upvotes: 2

joshgoldeneagle
joshgoldeneagle

Reputation: 4646

You can try this like the previous poster said:

@Override
public boolean isCancelled(){
 return true;
}

But you may also want to consider whether you really need a method at all, when you may only need to have a variable:

public boolean isCancelled = true;

Upvotes: 1

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1502806

Firstly, you need braces around your method body.

Secondly, the way you're currently declaring it uses package access, but the isCancelled method is public, so you'd have to override it with another public method.

Thirdly, the method is final anyway, so you can't override it in the first place. It's not clear what you're trying to achieve, but this isn't the way to go.

Upvotes: 3

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