How to ivoke a method on an object of a private class

> There's quite enough detail here.

Well, I read the subject literally and triedclass Test {

public static final void main(String[] arg) {

Test test = new Test();

test.run();

}

Test() {}

void run() {

Foo foo = new Foo();

System.out.println(String.valueOf(foo));

}

private class Foo {

private Foo() {}

}

}

and it did not give any exceptions.

tschodta at 2007-7-12 18:51:55 >

> Well 'private' does have a well-known meaning in

> Java, and it's been working in Java for at least 11

> years. Surely you knew that?

The combination "private class" seemed unusual

and made me de-focus from the rest of it.

> Re your example, special rules apply to inner

> classes. The access modifiers aren't tested by the

> enclosing class.

Yes. The only way I am aware of of having a "private class" (as the subject implies) is to have a nested class.

I agree one would be able to access methods on an instance of such a class only from the embedding class (or peer nested classes).

tschodta at 2007-7-12 18:51:55 >