How to call a method of a class that is inside another class?

Question

package collections; 
public class Construct 
  { 
    class Inner
      { 
        void inner() 
          { 
            System.out.println("inner class method "); 
          } 
      } 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
      { 
        Construct c=new Construct(); 
      } 
  }

How to call a method of the inner class? How to create an object to call a method of the inner class?

Possible duplicate of [Java inner class and static nested class](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70324/java-inner-class-and-static-nested-class) — luk2302, Mar 19 '18 at 13:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:09

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Use this:

Inner inner = new Construct().new Inner();
inner.inner();

answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:09

sarkasronie

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 19 '18 at 14:51

Inner class is a nested class. Nested classes can be static or not. If static then its called static nested class and if not its called inner classes.

Non-static nested classes hold a reference to the Outer class that they are nested within.

What you have is an inner nested class, so we need to instantiate the inner class with a reference from the Outer like so:

Construct c = new Construct();
Inner inner = c.new Inner(); //using reference to create inner
inner.inner(); //Calling method from inner.

suraj singh · Answer 3 · 2018-03-19T13:58:48.727

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Depends upon whether your class is static or non-static.

For non-static inner class, use this:

Inner inner = new Construct().new Inner();
inner.inner()

For static inner-class, use this:

InnerStatic inner = new Construct.Inner();
inner.inner()

edited Mar 19 '18 at 13:58

answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:37

suraj singh

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How to call a method of a class that is inside another class?

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