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What is the Purpose of Having a Nested Java Class That is Private Static
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Natalie Kopple
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Joined: May 06, 2003
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I understand "private" and "static".
What is the purpose of having a "private static" nested Java class? I have never run into a situation of using it. Please help me in understaning it. Thank you.
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Martijn Verburg
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Joined: Jun 24, 2003
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For Utility/Encapsulation purposes. For example the public class may have a private member variable which requires an awful lot of static initialisation that the developer feels belongs 'in a different class', I could see mathematics utilities for example using this technique (but it would be pretty rare).
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