On Thursday 03 February 2011 00:38:08 Jacob Carlborg wrote: > On 2011-02-03 07:21, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 21:26:00 Mandeep Singh Brar wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is there a method to access this reference of the container class > >> from an inner class. i.e. > >> class A { > >> class B { > >> > >> methodM() { > >> > >> callAnotherM(A::this or A.this); > >> > >> } > >> > >> } > >> } > > > > The outer class is referenced via the property outer. However, if the > > inner class is static, then it has no such property and is not tied to a > > specific instance of the outer class. In such a case, it can access the > > private members of an instance of the outer class, but it's not tied to > > an particular instance. Non-static inner classes (like yours above), > > however, _are_ tied to a particular instance of the outer class, and > > they have the outer property which is the this of the outer class. > > > > - Jonathan M Davis > > Just to add a note, you have to access the property via "this": > > this.outer
That, I did not know. But I've never actually used an inner class in D thus far. I just read what TDPL says on it, and obviously I missed that point. Thanks. - Jonathan M Davis