Simone,
the subclass thing I knew, the other stuff is new to me.
Thank you!
\Daniel
>
> Hey there,
>
> > AFAIK: you can never create an instance of an inner class from outside
> > its parent class.
>
> Not correct: you can create them from subclasses if they're not private
> classes; if they're package protected the subclass must be in the same
> package; you can even create them from outside, given an object of the outer
> class:
>
> public class A
> {
> public class B
> {
> }
> }
>
> public class Main
> {
> public static void main(String[] args)
> {
> A a = new A();
> A.B b = a.new B();
> }
> }
>
> > I think this is valid for static innerclasses too.
>
> Not correct: you can create public static inner classes from wherever you
> want, and restricted access static inner classes (ie protected or package
> private) from the allowed places as usual. In the example above, if class B
> is static, you can do:
>
> public class Main
> {
> public static void main(String[] args)
> {
> A.B b = new A.B();
> }
> }
>
> > solution: move from innerclass to real class
>
> Agree, simplest and safer.
>
> > May somebody correct me if I m wrong!
>
> You're absolutely right !
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
