class inside static method

poguy

public class Test {
public static void main(String args[]) {
class Foo {
public int i = 3;
}
Object o = (Object)new Foo();
Foo foo = (Foo)o;
System.out.println(“i = “ + foo.i);
}
}

So Foo is a static class, how come it can init an instance from static class?

thank you

JDMurray

That code won't compile with Java 1.6. Try this instead:

class Test {
[B][I]static [/I]class Foo {
public int i = 3;
}[/B]
public static void main(String args[]) {
Object o = (Object)new Foo();
Foo foo = (Foo)o;
System.out.println("i = " + foo.i);
}
}

As I understand it, instantiating static classes is legal and allowed in Java, but apparently there is no performance or access advantage in doing it.