Thread: Can't create inner class object outside the outer class help needed?

It's hard to figure out either the code or the question here.

Here's the code using "code" tags. Ie with [code] at the start of the code and [/code] at the end:

class Outer
{
   final int outer=10;
   void display()
   {
      Inner in = new Inner();
      in.show();
   }
   class Inner
   {
      Inner()
      {
         System.out.println( "this value is displayed when an object is created "+outer);
      }
      void show()
      {
         System.out.println("This is inner class");
      }
   }
}
class InnerDemo{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
      Outer out = new Outer();
      out.display();
      //Outer.Inner object = new Inner();
   }
}

Now the question... Are you wondering why the last line (the one commented out) won't compile?

The point about inner classes is that the class itself is associated with an instance of the outer class. You can't have (or create) an instance of an inner class without having an instance of the outer class already created to act as its context.

If you try to create an instance of the inner class without specifying the context - by saying "new Inner()" - the compiler will grumble "What sort of Inner?! An Inner of what?!"

The proper syntax to use to create an instance of an inner class is

Outer.Inner object = out.new Inner();

yes i was wondering about the last line only thanx for the help....