I can have 2 classes with the same name inside a package as long as one class or both classes are an outer class within a separate class.. for example:


File 1:  test.java
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package p1;

public class test{}

class otherClass{}
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File 2: otherClass.java
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package p1;

public class otherClass{}
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This should be an error " 'otherClass' already defined in package p1"
But it does not give that error (unless i clean&build)

Unfortunately, i am able to "run" the code in Netbeans without any errors/warnings at all, and any usage of "otherClass" in some other class in package "p1" simply uses the class that was most recently used.