What is the purpose of an inner class?

Nested classes represent a particular type of relationship that is it can access all the members (data members and methods) of the outer class, including private. Nested classes are used to develop more readable and maintainable code because it logically group classes and interfaces in one place only.

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What class must an inner class?

It must extend the enclosing class . Explanation: Option B is correct because a static nested class is not tied to an instance of the enclosing class, and thus can’t access the nonstatic members of the class (just as a static method can’t access nonstatic members of a class).

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Is inner class important in Java?

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.8 Oca 2018

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Why are Java inner classes bad?

Now you are clear that inner classes keep reference to outer class .So image scenario where you pass reference of inner class to other outer world class and then reference never gets released to in turn OuterClass is also referenced , hence leak. So this makes using inner classes bad if not used prpperly.

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