Anonymous classes

[Amit Punjwani]

regarding anonymous classes
Is this statement true ?
An anonymous class can only be created within the body of a method
If false where else can an anonymous class be created. please explain
Amit

[faiza haris]

Anonymous classes are used in the context of a method...as
1) return value of a method
2) argument in a method call
3) in initialization of variables.
Waiting for some examples for each usage...in your answer!!!

[jon c]

// creates an anonymous class which implements the interface ActionListener, and passes as an argument to the addActionListener() method
myButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
.......
});

[Kishan Kumar]

Hi,
Anonymous Inner classes can be written not only inside methods
but also in static initializers and instance initializers.
class a {
static {
Button b1 = new Button("kishan");
b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {.....});
}
{
Button b1 = new Button("Amit");
b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {.....});
}
}
Remember the words "this" and "super" cannot be used in static
initializers whereas it can be used in Instance initializers.
Hope that helps

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Regards,
V. Kishan Kumar

[faiza haris]

Can someone explain....
Anonymous inner class can be defined in contexts where a reference can be used.?

[scott irwin]

int[] arr = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
somefunc(arr); // call somefunc passing array
System.out.println(arr[1]); // prints second integer
'arr' is a reference to an array of 5 integers. Any place you can use 'arr' in your code, you could use an anonymous class (remember an array IS an object.)
somefunc(new int[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}); // same thing
// can't get to array, no reference!
The big difference is I don't have a reference to the anonymous array to use anywhere else, other than to where it was passed (somefunc()).