Inner Classes Specification
Febuary 4, 1997
Contents
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What are top-level classes and inner classes?
- Example: A simple adapter class
- Example: A local class
- Anonymous classes
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How do inner classes work?
- References to local variables
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Why does Java need inner classes?
- Why anonymous classes?
- What about dynamic typing and computed selectors ("perform")?
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How do inner classes affect the idea of this in Java code?
- Enclosing classes and instantiation
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Do inner classes affect the correct synchronization of Java code?
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Can a nested class be declared final, private, protected, or static?
- Members that can be marked static
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How do inner classes affect the organization of the Java Virtual Machine?
- Class name transformations
- Names of generated variables and methods
- Security implications
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How does the Java Language Specification change for inner classes?
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Other changes in the Java 1.1 language
- Instance initializers
- Anonymous array expressions
- Class literals
- Blank finals and final local variables
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What are the new binary compatibility requirements for Java 1.1 classes?
- Bytecode names of classes and interfaces
- The class attribute InnerClasses
- The member attribute Synthetic
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Further Example: Sample AWT code
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Further Example: An API with coordinated inner classes
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Further Example: Multi-threaded task partitioning.
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