Inner class mult choice

[Paul Salerno]

Which statement is true about an inner class?
A. It must be anonymous
B. It can not implement an interface
C. It is only accessible in the enclosing class
D. It can only be instantiated in the enclosing class
E. It can access any final variables in any enclosing scope.
Their answer: E
My answer: C and E
C- because you need:
OuterClass.InnerClass x = new OuterClass().new InnerClass()
Whos right?

[Rick Reumann]

Originally posted by Paul Salerno:
My answer: C and E
C- because you need:
OuterClass.InnerClass x = new OuterClass().new InnerClass()

You could do OuterClass.InnerClass x = new OuterClass().new InnerClass() from some OTHER class, though, and doesn't have to be done inside the "enclosing class"(the class that has the inner class in it).

[swapna sivaraju]

Its only E
as the statement C says---it "can only" be instantiated in the enclosing class
but this is not true as the non static inner classes can be instantiated in any class but
it's instance can be created in context of an
instance of the enclosing class..ie..
Outer.Inner in=Outer.new().new Inner();

swapna

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Paul Salerno:
Which statement is true about an inner class?
A. It must be anonymous
B. It can not implement an interface
C. It is only accessible in the enclosing class
D. It can only be instantiated in the enclosing class
E. It can access any final variables in any enclosing scope.
Their answer: E
My answer: C and E
C- because you need:
OuterClass.InnerClass x = new OuterClass().new InnerClass()
Whos right?

The option C says
C. It is only accessible in the enclosing class
They can be accessed outside of the enclosing class too. Yes you need an Outer Class instance to INSTANTIATE an Inner Class instance(not true for static inner classes), but that instance can invoke methods of Inner class from Other classes too.
So C is not right!!!
Amish

[Paul Salerno]

Thank you all