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My question is that when I put the Class : MyInner in another file in the same package, then why doesnt it get recognized in the Class MyOuter? I have made the font bold where it throws error.
[ August 14, 2008: Message edited by: Somnath Paul ]
 
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you can not create instance of innerclass from different class(other than outer class)
 
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Originally posted by seetharaman venkatasamy:
you can not create instance of innerclass from different class(other than outer class)



But I am creating the instance of inner class in the MyOuter only !



And since the access is default package, it should recognize the inner class..
Am I wrong? Please correct me if I am, I am very new to Java.

[ August 14, 2008: Message edited by: Somnath Paul ]
[ August 14, 2008: Message edited by: Somnath Paul ]
 
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Once you move the MyInner class to another file it is no longer an inner class of MyOuter. You would have to use it like so:

 
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Originally posted by seetharaman venkatasamy:
you can not create instance of innerclass from different class(other than outer class)


Yes you can, as long as a) it's visible, and b) you have a reference to an enclosing outer class.

Somnath,

the problem in your code is that MyInner is NOT an inner class - it's a toplevel class instead. If you want it to be an inner class, you should put the entire class definition inside the class definition of MyOuter. Basically, just move the last } of your outer class to after the inner class (and then fix indentation).

You might want to know that, from an inner class, you can get a reference to its outer class by calling MyOuter.this
[ August 14, 2008: Message edited by: Rob Prime ]
 
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