Java compiler contradicts Java book

Question

NOW this is a big surprise...One of the Java book says "If a static member of the class, singleton in the ex below, is PUBLIC, the client (HelloUser in this case) can still access the static member even if the client is not in the same package" . I tried it but got the following error - singleton can't be accessed outside the package ? Any clues ?
import learn.*;
public class HelloUser {
    public static void main(String args[])
     Object obj[] = {new Integer(11), new Character('A')};
     Hello.print(obj);
     singleton.GetSingleton().print();
package learn;
class singleton {
    private static int mX;
    private singleton(int x) {mX = x;}
    private static singleton sSingle = new singleton(10);;
    public static singleton GetSingleton() {
     print();
     return sSingle;
    public static void print()
     System.out.println("Val: " + mX);
}

Answer 1

No, the book is not wrong just not quite complete. It should have stated that other classes in the same package have access ...OK, let's complete the original statement using your suggestion :
An object of a class with package access can be created by any class inside the package but not outside the package. However, if a static member of that class is public, the client programmer can still access that static member from withn the same package even though they can't create an object of that class.
Does this make any sense? No.