Class access modifier

I have the following two classes

package one;
public class Student
{
    //Some code
}

package two;
public class Test
{ 
     public static void main(String args[])
     {
           Student s = new Student();
           //Some code
      }
 }

Even though the "Student" class has public access modifier, whenever I try to create an object for the Student class, in the Test class, which is from another package, eclipse points out error saying either I need to import the student class or create a new class.

I thought if a class is declared public, it can be accessed from any where. But why does eclipse call it an error?

Jon Skeet
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You don't have an import statement, so the compiler doesn't know that Student is meant to refer to one.Student. You can either use:

import one.Student;

or

import one.*;

... or just fully-qualify the name when you create the object:

one.Student s = new one.Student();

This isn't a matter of accessibility - it's the compiler not knowing how to resolve the identifier Student into a fully-qualified class name.

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