Nested classes & Interface

[Anonymous]

This code is from some book. I don�t remember the author.
interface MyInterface {
void method1();
void method2();
abstract class Abstract implements MyInterface {
public void method2() {
System.out.println("In method2");
}
}
}
I know that a class defined inside an interface is implicitly static.
What could be the reason this code not giving error as we cannot combine static as well as abstract.
Thanks

[SathishVJ]

Dilip,
It's not possible to combine final and abstract modifiers.
I don't think there is a problem in clubbing static and abstract in the class within the interface (top level static is not allowed). Try this:
...
static abstract class Abstract(){
...
It still works.

[Anonymous]

static abstract class Abstract(){
The above code works perfectly. I think the cause of confusion was because an abstract method cannot be staic but an abstact inner class can.
The following will not compile
abstract class Myclass
{
public static abstract void show();
}
MyClass.java:3: Abstract methods can't be static: void show()
public static abstract void show();
^
1 error