question Dan's Exam : local classes

[Kristof Camelbeke]

Exam 3 question 9
Which of the follow are true statements.
a. A local class is declared within a method, constructor or block.
b. An anonymous class is always a local class.
c. A local class is a nested class.
d. A local class is a member class.
e. A local class is always a named class.
Answer is a c e
Problem I have here is that in the book K&B there is no mention of local classes but inner classes... So for me this question was confusing.
Now I want to now if on the exam they also use different terms...
Kristof

[Thomas De Vos]

All local classes are inner classes and is a nested class.
A local class is not a member of any class.
A local class cannot have the access modifier: public, protected, private or static.
See for more informationhere
[ January 07, 2004: Message edited by: Thomas De Vos ]
[ January 07, 2004: Message edited by: Thomas De Vos ]

[Dan Chisholm]

My mock exam focuses on the definition of terms far more than the
real exam, because the answers to the questions include detailed explanations that use those terms. The real exam does not contain any explanations for the answers, so the definition of terms is less important. The real exam will not contain questions that explicitly ask for the definition of terms such as member class or local class. However, if you do understand the terms, then it is an indication that you have a very good understanding of nested classes.

[Dan Chisholm]

Kristof,
Are the following nested class declarations helpful?

class A {
  class nestedClass1 {}
  static class nestedClass2 {}
  class memberClass1 {}
  static class memberClass2 {}
  class innerClass1 {} // Inner classes are never static
  Object anonymousClass1 = new Object() {};
  static Object anonymousClass2 = new Object() {};
  void m1() {
    class nestedClass10 {}
    class innerClass10 {}
    class localClass1 {}
    Object anonymousClass10 = new Object() {};
  }
}

[ January 07, 2004: Message edited by: Dan Chisholm ]

[Kristof Camelbeke]

Hey Dan thanks for your input...
I've looked at them and I still don't really get it...
are the following assumptions correct ?
1) class nestedClass1 {} = class memberClass1 {} = class innerClass1 {} =
class nestedClass10 {} = class innerClass10 {}:
they are all inner-classes, correct ?
2) static class nestedClass2 {} = static class memberClass2 {}
both are static nested classes, correct ?
The other 2 are anonymous inner classes...