Classes inside interface

Question

I was trying to develop an interface and that interface will contain static class

class C1 {

    static interface I // A static interface or class can contain static members.Static members can be
    //accessed without instantiating the particular class
    {

        static class C2 {
        }
    }

    public static void main(String a[]) {
        C1.I.C2 ob1 = new C1.I.C2();
        System.out.println("object created");
    }
}

But my query is that can interface contain classes which are not static and if yes , then how their object would be created , please advise. Thanks

check this plz: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/71625/why-would-a-static-inner-interface-be-used-in-java — MUG4N, Apr 30 '12 at 16:43
Possible duplicate [inner class within Interface](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2400828/1048330) — tenorsax, Apr 30 '12 at 16:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '12 at 16:43

Can an interface contain classes?

Yes. For example, in

interface Widget {
  static class Factory {
    static Widget create() { return new Widget() {}; }
  }
}

the inner class can be accessed as

Widget w = Widget.Factory.create();

so to refer to the inner class you can just use the interface name then a dot then the inner class name

import my.pkg.MyInterface;

...

  MyInterface.InnerClass ic = new MyInterface.InnerClass();

Classes inside interface

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