Can somebody explain why this is legitimate?

[Wilson Mui]

As per the subject, namely line //1

class A {
  private static int f1 = 1;
  private int f2 = 2;
  void m1(int p1, final int p2) {
    int l1 = 5;
    final int l2 = 6;
    Object x = new Object() {
      int a = f1;  // 1
     }
   } 
}

my main confusion is the face that f1 is a static variable and Object x is declared in a non-static method. I thouhgt only static methods could access static variables.

[Jessica Sant]

you've got it backwards:
* only non-static methods can access non-static variables.
* Static variables can be accessed by either static or non-static methods.
* and lastly, static methods can NOT access non-static variables.

[Roger Chung-Wee]

Wilson, static methods have a problem with non-static variables, these are only accessible via an instance of the class.

class TestStatic1
{
    static int i;
    int k;
    public static void main(String [] arsenal) {
        System.out.println(TestStatic1.i); //OK
        System.out.println(k); //wrong
        TestStatic1 t = new TestStatic1();
        System.out.println(t.k = 2); //OK
    }
}

[Wilson Mui]

Thanks, that makes more sense to me, I'm getting totally confused. I guess I incorrectly applied the law of contrapositive.