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An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!
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Java inner class and static nested class
An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!
Possible Duplicate:
Java inner class and static nested class
An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!
Possible Duplicate:
Java inner class and static nested class
An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!
An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!
Possible Duplicate:
Java inner class and static nested class
An instance of a static inner class cannot access the instance members of its enclosing class, whereas an instance of a non-static inner class can. This is what i mean by syntactic difference. Because whether declaring an inner class to be static determines whether the syntax of your program is correct.
But is there any other difference that's not part of the Java syntax? Let's say class A is a top-level class, and class B is an inner class of A. If I'm not going to access the instance members of A within B, then I should declare B to be static. But since i'm not required to, i could declare B to be non-static and there would be no compilation error. So in this case, is there any difference, probably in the generated bytecode, or any runtime difference?
Thanks!