Re:inner classes

sunil kumre

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What is the need for having inner classes?

John Wetherbie

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Inner classes are good to use in cases where the inner class is tightly coupled to the class it is inside of. The inner class is doing working for the outer class that the outer class shouldn't be directly responsible for. I've seen/used inner classes as iterators, event handlers, and implementation providers.
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Rick Edgecombe

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They also make code easier to read (in most cases). And, as we all know, readable code is maitainable code.

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Tony Chen

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Just read this article @ JavaWorld:

Java Tip 106: Static inner classes for fun and profit
[This message has been edited by Tony Chen (edited January 30, 2001).]

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