Methods within Methods?

[Gary Farms]

Is it OK to have a method(s) within a method? An example would be to have a method called fn within main all within a class. Is this OK to do?

[Bosun Bello]

Yes, if that method is within a class that's within a method. In this case the method will belong to the "inner class" that's within the outher method. I hope I said that right. :-)


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Bosun
SCJP for the Java� 2 Platform

[jason adam]

You could call a method from within a method as long as the calling method can actually see the method it is calling (static vs. instance)
You cannot do something like this though:

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public void someMethod()
{
    public void anotherMethod()
    {
        //do something
    }
}

The only thing close to that is what Bosum suggested, putting an inner class within the method. That inner class would contain a method itself, but it would be within the scope of the class, and not really the method the class was built in.
Clear as mud?
Jason
[This message has been edited by jason adam (edited November 13, 2001).]