Objects-First with Java: A Practical Introduction using BlueJ, 6th Edition

6. More-sophisticated behavior

4 Documented Misconceptions

ControlledLocalAccess

One can control access to local variables using access modifiers

PrivateFromOtherInstance

An object cannot access private members of other objects of the same class

PrivateFromStatic

Static methods cannot access private members of instances of same class

ThisExistsInStaticMethod

this is a local variable, also in static methods