Programmer's Guide to Java™ Certification, A: A Comprehensive Primer, Second Edition

Chapter Summary

The following information was included in this chapter:

• categories of nested classes: static member classes and interfaces, non-static member classes, local classes, anonymous classes

• discussion of salient aspects of nested classes and interfaces:

  • the context in which they can be defined

  • which accessibility modifiers are valid for such classes and interfaces

  • whether an instance of the enclosing context is associated with an instance of the nested class

  • which entities a nested class or interface can access in its enclosing contexts

  • whether both static and non-static members can be defined in a nested class

• importing and using nested classes ...