Inner classes -doubt on static

[Deepak Kumar]

The following code works:

public class Temp {
public void method(){
class Inner{
static final int x = 4;
}

System.out.println(new Inner().x);

}
}

But why not this???


public class newTemp {
class newInner{
static int x = 4;
}


}
}

Pls let me know.
Thanks.

[Saurabh Chaubey]

Hi Deepak,
If you declare a non-static inner class then you cannot have static members in that although static final members are ok as they are compile-time constants. However, if you declare a an nested interface in a class then it can have static members as nested interfaces are implicitly static.

Please correct me if i am wrong!!

Regards,
Saurabh

[hemamalini s.]

static classes,interfaces,variables and methods are top-level element.They can be nested within static construct or top level classes only
Thanx