inner classes

[swapnil paranjape]

class Red {
private static final int a = 10; // 1
protected static int b = 20; // 2
int c = 30; // 3
static class StaticNested {
int d = a; // 4
int e = b; // 5
int f = c; // 6
}
class NonStaticInner {
int g = a; // 7
int h = b; // 8
int i = c; // 9
}}

A compile-time error is generated at which line?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
f. 6
g. 7
h. 8
i. 9



i thought the ans should be 6 and 8
but the ans is only 6.

i thought ans is 8 because the nonstatic inner class can only have final staic but cant have just static
so b is static .so how soes it gets compiled.?


question 2...please explain this

class Red {
static class StaticNested {interface ABC {}} // 1
class NonStaticInner {interface DEF {}} // 2
interface GHI {} // 3
}

A compile-time error is generated at which line?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. None of the above
ans is 2..please explain how?
[ May 26, 2006: Message edited by: swapnil paranjape ]

[Keith Lynn]

In the first code, you are not declaring a static variable in the inner class, you are just accessing the value of a static member of the outer class.

In the second code, an inner class cannot have a member interface.

[Amisha Shah]

q-1:
non-static inner class can access all the members of outer class , inlcuding static and non static. while static inner class can acces only static members of outer class , so comilation error at line 6.

q-2:
whenever you put interface inside inner class , by defalut it becomes static. and non-static inner class can not have any static members except static final variables , so interface inside non-static inner class will generate error. while static inner class can have static members and so u can put interface as a member inside static inner class. and because of that compilation error at line 2.