Referencing an outer class from an inner class instance

[Michael Labuschagne]

Having trouble understanding why it is exactly that I can't have a reference (this) to my outer class. Obviously because (this) now refers to the inner class, but is there a way around it?

runCPA.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
  {
     ClearanceProcessAssimGui.displayCPAScreen(this);
  }
});

Would I have to do something like this:

Object ref = this;
runCPA.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
  {
     ClearanceProcessAssimGui.displayCPAScreen((Frame)ref);
  }
});

Surely there's a more logical way of referring to an outer class from an inner class instance??

[Peter Chase]

Yes, it's OuterClass.this .

Casting the inner class "this" to the outer class will fail; they are not the same class.