Static Inner Class

[farrukh mahmud]

hi
first have a look on the code

class Outer{
public interface Contents{
void start();
}
static class StaticInner implements Contents{
public int x;
public static int y;
StaticInner(int x,int y){
System.out.println("\nStatic Inner Class Construcor");
this.x=x;
this.y=y;
}
public void start(){print(x,y);}
public void print(int x,int y){
System.out.println("x= "+x);
System.out.println("y= "+y);
}
public static Contents cont(int x,int y){
StaticInner ref=new StaticInner(x,y);
ref.start();
return ref;}
}
public class NestedClass{
public static void main(String args[]){
Outer obj=new Outer();
obj.cont(1,2);}
}

the Code Works Fine
now my question is that if we want to access Inner class then it should mandatory that we can use Interface no other way???
Correct me If i am Wrong
Thanks

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Regards
Farrukh Mahmud
[This message has been edited by Marilyn deQueiroz (edited November 23, 2001).]

[Jose Botella]

Hi
You can access the inner object via its type in the following way:

class Outer{
public interface Contents{
void start();
}
static class StaticInner implements Contents{
public int x;
public static int y;
StaticInner(int x,int y){
System.out.println("\nStatic Inner Class Construcor");
this.x=x;
this.y=y;
}
public void start(){print(x,y);}
public void print(int x,int y){
System.out.println("x= "+x);
System.out.println("y= "+y);
}
}
public static StaticInner cont(int x,int y){
StaticInner ref=new StaticInner(x,y);
ref.start();
return ref;
}
}
public class Test {
public static void main(String args[]){
Outer.StaticInner osi = Outer.cont(1, 2);
}
}

Now make the declaration of StaticInner private and it's true that the only way to access an instance of StaticInner is via interface.
hope helps