boolean isAsVisible(MethodBinding newMethod, MethodBinding inheritedMethod) {
if (inheritedMethod.modifiers == newMethod.modifiers) return true;
if (newMethod.isPublic()) return true; // Covers everything
if (inheritedMethod.isPublic()) return false;
if (newMethod.isProtected()) return true;
if (inheritedMethod.isProtected()) return false;
return !newMethod
.isPrivate(); // The inheritedMethod cannot be private since it would not be visible
}
void checkConcreteInheritedMethod(MethodBinding concreteMethod, MethodBinding[] abstractMethods) {
// Remember that interfaces can only define public instance methods
if (concreteMethod.isStatic())
// Cannot inherit a static method which is specified as an instance method by an interface
problemReporter().staticInheritedMethodConflicts(type, concreteMethod, abstractMethods);
if (!concreteMethod.isPublic()) {
int index = 0, length = abstractMethods.length;
if (concreteMethod.isProtected()) {
for (; index < length; index++) if (abstractMethods[index].isPublic()) break;
} else if (concreteMethod.isDefault()) {
for (; index < length; index++) if (!abstractMethods[index].isDefault()) break;
}
if (index < length)
problemReporter().inheritedMethodReducesVisibility(type, concreteMethod, abstractMethods);
}
}
