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Doubt on Inner classes

 
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can a inner class have static variable?
can someone explain about"Method local inner class"?
 
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can someone explain about"Method local inner class"?



I'm not sure what type of explanation you're expecting but I can give a coded example of one:

In this context, consolePrinter is a named inner class who's scope is limited to the method in which it was defined.
[ March 21, 2007: Message edited by: Garrett Rowe ]
 
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as per my knowledge, inner classes cannot have static variables unless the inner class itself declared as static.
Can anbody explain whether my understanding is correct or not?
 
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Static fields and methods can only be declared a static inner class or in the top level class.
 
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non-static inner class should not contain static member variables unless and until they are declared constant
see the following code:

class A{
class NonStaticInnerClass{
static final int i = 0;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
}
}
 
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