regarding Innerclasses

[Krishna Bulusu]

why this is giving "java.lang.StackOverflowError"???

the code is:

public class innerEx1 {
class inner {
inner() {
System.out.println("in inner");
}

inner in = new inner();
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
new innerEx1().new inner();
}

}

can anybody plz explain this??

thanks in Advance
krishna.

[marc weber]

The constructor for inner is recursively calling itself -- trying to make more and more instances until...