Inner classes question

[Gaurav Mantro]

I am just confused about why inner classes can't have non-final static members ?
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[srinivasrao marri]

u can access final varibale in inner class mention your problem correctly

[Gaurav Mantro]

Inner class can't declare static member variables unless they are static final why ?
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[Dave Terrian]

We can "say, loosely, that the static keyword always marks a 'top-level' construct (variable, method, or class), which is never subject to an enclosing instance."
"This shows why an inner class cannot declare a static member, because the entire body of the inner class is in the scope of one or more enclosing instances."
See here
- Dave

[Cindy Glass]

By definition EVERYTHING that the inner class has, that can be manipulated in any way (is not a constant), must be in relation to an instance of the outer class. So each outer class instance would need to have it's OWN version of the inners static member. But you can't have multiple copies of a static thing. So you just can't do it.

[Gaurav Mantro]

Thanks Cindy and Dave. Your explaination helped me to understand the concept.
regards
Gaurav Mantro
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