creating obj for innerclass.....

[Ganeshkumar cheekati]

SOURCE: www.danchisholm.net

class A {
  private static int counter;
  public static int getCounter(){return counter++;}
  private static int innerCounter;
  public static int getInnerCounter(){return innerCounter++;}
  private String name;
  A() {name = "A" + getCounter();}
  class B {
    private String name;
    B() {
      name = "B" + getInnerCounter();
      System.out.print(A.this.name + name);
  }}
  void m1() {new A().new B();}  // 1
  [B]void m2() {new A.B();}        // 2[/B]
  void m3() {new B();}          // 3
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    A a1 = new A();
    a1.m1(); a1.m2(); a1.m3();
}}

here line-2 is similar to the syntax of creating an object for static inner classes...

why it is allowed here?


[ December 11, 2008: Message edited by: Ganeshkumar cheekati ]
[ December 11, 2008: Message edited by: Ganeshkumar cheekati ]

[Ankit Garg]

Ganesh if you have the other post that you gave, the compiler automatically inserts the this reference when you create an instance of a non-static inner class in a non-static method of the enclosing class. So the code

void m2() {new A.B();}

is equivalent to

void m2() { this.new A.B();}