Local Class

[Sarma Lolla]

class MyClass{
public static void main(String args[]){
 new MyClass().a();
}
public void a(){
  c1 c123= new c1();
    class c1{
 c1(){
 System.out.println("CTOR");
}
    }
   }
}

When the above code is executed the CTOR doesn't get printed. Can any one explain?

[Tom Adams]

I think all you need to do is put the local class definition (c1 class) before the
c1 c123 = new c1();
line. At least that worked for me. I actually received a compiler error on the original source. Which I think is called a forward reference error(?).

[Maria Garcia]

Sarma,
The code you posted does not compile on my machine:
Try this code:

  
class MyClass
{
//MyClass()
//{
//System.out.println("MyClass");
//}
public static void main(String args[])
{ 
new MyClass().a();
}
public MyClass a()
{  
    
class c1 extends MyClass
{ 
c1()
{ 
System.out.println("CTOR");
}    
}   
return new c1();
}

}

[Dan Culache]

Maria, I believe Tom's explanation is correct.
Your code refers to regular inner classes and Sarma's code refers to method-local inner classes.
So it looks like when you define a method-local inner class you cannot forward reference it like you can with a regular inner class.