How to instantiate a Class with the same name as an Inner Class?

[Sasha Ruehmkorf]

Hi.
A very small problem, but I cannot find a solution:

public class In {
}
 
class Out{
  void method(){
    In i = new In();// How to instantiate the other In-Class here?
  }

  class In{
  }
}

[Suman Sharma]

Sasha,
I tried your example. This is how it works:

File: In.java

package abc;

public class In {

In() {
System.out.println("instantiating outer In class");
}

public static void main(String[] args ){

Out o = new Out();

o.method();

}

}

File: Out.java

package abc;

class Out {

void method(){
abc.In i = new abc.In();//instantiating outer In class

In in = new In(); // instantiating inner In class
}

class In
{
In() {
System.out.println("instantiating inner In class");
}
}
}

Output is:

instantiating outer In class
instantiating inner In class

[pete stein]

Here's my take on this.

separate In class:

package petes.brief3;
 
class In
{
    int myInt = 28;
}

Fubar1 class w/ internal In class:

package petes.brief3;
 
class Fubar1
{
    
    public static void myMain(String[] args)
    {
        // to use "internal" class instantiate it w/in an anonymous call to 
        // the enclosing class (here "Fubar1")
        In in1 = new Fubar1().new In();
        System.out.println("in1.myInt = " + in1.myInt);
 
        // to use "external In" then reference it w/ full package info:
        petes.brief3.In in2 = new petes.brief3.In();
        System.out.println("in2.myInt = " + in2.myInt);
        
    }
 
    class In
    {
        int myInt = 3;
    }
}

[ May 09, 2007: Message edited by: pete stein ]