New to Java

Hi,

I am not getting why i am not able to access parent class instance variable outside the child class intance methods.

class Parent
{
	int a;
}

class Child extends Parent
{
	a = 1; // Here i am getting a compilation error that Syntax error on token "a", VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token
	
	void someMethod()
	{
		a = 1;  // Here i am not getting any compilation error while accessing parent class variable
	}
}

Can any one please let me know exact reason for this and what is the error talks about?

Thanks,
Uday

Edited by: Udaya Shankara Gandhi on Jun 13, 2012 3:30 AM