Inner classes Problem

[Mohit G Gupta]

 

public class Bunk
{
	   class Bunka
	   	{ 
	   	  static void Bunkamethod1()
	   	  {   
	   	  	   final   class Bunkamethod1a
	   	  	   {
	   	       }
	   	       abstract  class  Bunkamethod1b
	   	       {
	   	       } 
	   	      // 	Bunka.Bunkamethod1a  objectofBunkamethod1a=new Bunka().new Bunkamethod1a();
	   	  	
	   	  }	
	   		
	    }
	
	
	
	
	
	public static void main(String arg[])
	{  Bunk.Bunka objectofBunka=new Bunk().new Bunka();
	
	}
}

   

getting error:

inner classes cannot have static declarations
static void Bunkamethod1()
^
1 error


why are inner classes not allowed static declaration ??

[Neha Daga]

Lets look at this way, the inner class is a member ( instance) variable (assume like that not the same) for the outer class. So it is like if you are declaring the instance methos in a class. Now think, can you declare a static variable inside the method?
So just like inside the instance declaration of a inner class you cannot declare static variables.
If you want to, declare inner class as static.

[Malatesh Karabisti]

We appreciate the static members because they are available to us as ready to use without creating the new instance of the of the enclosing class i.e without the headache of "new"

Let assume we have class called "Outer" and which has non static inner class called "Inner".
Is there way to access the members of "Inner" class without crating the instance of Outer class ?
No! we can't access them.

If we can't access the members of "Inner" class without creating instance of "Outer" class. then what is the use if we have the static member in "Inner" class. hence compiler won't allow us have static members in non static inner class.

I hope that helps.