Nested Classes In Java, just like methods, variables of a class too can have another class as its member. Writing a class within another is allowed in Java. The class written within is called the nested class, and the class that holds the inner class is called the outer class .
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Inner classes are a security mechanism in Java. We know a class cannot be associated with the access modifier private, but if we have the class as a member of other class, then the inner class can be made private. And this is also used to access the private members of a class.
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Nested Classes In Java, just like methods, variables of a class too can have another class as its member. Writing a class within another is allowed in Java. The class written within is called the nested class, and the class that holds the inner class is called the outer class .
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Types of Inner Classes
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There are four types of inner classes: member, static member, local, and anonymous . A member class is defined at the top level of the class. It may have the same access modifiers as variables (public, protected, package, static, final), and is accessed in much the same way as variables of that class.
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Use a non-static nested class (or inner class) if you require access to an enclosing instance’s non-public fields and methods . Use a static nested class if you don’t require this access.
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To instantiate an inner class, you must first instantiate the outer class. Then, create the inner object within the outer object with this syntax: OuterClass outerObject = new OuterClass(); OuterClass. InnerClass innerObject = outerObject .
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