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/**
 * @test
 * @bug 4714403
 * @summary private members in a superclass should not hide members from the enclosing scope
 *
 * @compile WhichImplicitThis7.java
 */

/*
  The following is required to compile without error.  javac rejects it,
  because javac thinks the i is referring to the current class which has
  not been initialized yet.  But C has no member i - private members are
  not inherited.  i therefore refers to the one from the enclosing scope.
*/

class WhichImplicitThis7 {
    static private int i;
    static class B extends WhichImplicitThis7 {
        private int i;
    }
    class C extends B {
        C(int j) {}
        C() {
            // although c is a subclass of WhichImplicitThis7, it does
            // not inherit i because i is private.  So i in the
            // following refers to the one from the enclosing class,
            // which is allowed here because it is static
            this(i);
        }
    }
}