creating an inner class

[chris czinder]

Ok,
I know I'm going to feel dumb when I get an answer to this, but here it goes.
I need to create an inner class and have it encapsulate stuff.
Well uhm....how do you create an inner class. I've looked at documentation here and on sun.java. but I still don't get it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
chris

[Barry Gaunt]

Why do you need to create an inner class?
Normal non-inner classes can also "encapsulate stuff".

[chris czinder]

I need to use an inner class to create get and set methods for 3 instance variables. The inner class will also have a constructor to insantiate an object using the received values of the 3 variables
Chris

[Dirk Schreckmann]

It may work well to discuss the details of some example code - perhaps some simple code that you are trying to figure out...

[William Barnes]

I am not saying you don't need an inner class but

I need to use an inner class to create get and set methods for 3 instance variables.

this is not a good reason. The get and set methods you create in an inner class will only be accessable by the outer class. No other class will be able to use them, even if they are declared 'public'.
But here is an example:

public class A
{
  private int X = 10 ;
  class B()
  {
    private int Y = 0 ;
    public void setY( int p_Y)
    {
      Y = p_Y ;
    }
    public int getY()
    {
      return Y ;
    }
  }
}

Other people can jump in here and explain why this code doesn't really do anything for you.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

The get and set methods you create in an inner class will only be accessable by the outer class. No other class will be able to use them, even if they are declared 'public'.
That's not really true. Were the inner class private, then it and its members would not be accessible from outside of the enclosing (outer) class.
[ October 24, 2002: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[chris czinder]

Ok, Well I only need the Outter class to get the information from the inner class, so that is not a concern. The app i'm writing only has the one class. As far as some code this is what i've got going so far with it.

public class App extends Applet implements MouseListener, MouseActionListener
{
//The outter class, I think  
  public App()
  {
//The inner class
    Class product()
    {
//not actually how it's coded,    
    setStuff;
    getStuff;
    }
  }  
}

I know there is more to set and get then that, and i know i need to declare variables, but i understand that. I'm just curious, if i'm setting up the outter inner class thing right.
thanks
Chris

[William Barnes]

You don't need to write the whole thing to compile it. Just give it a shot.
The only I can see is that you have "Class" instead of "class".

[chris czinder]

Thanks everyone for their input, additional input is always welcome, but I think I've got it figured out. I'll let you all know later

Chris