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About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:49 pm
by ETS User
This is not correctly worded. For example:

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class Animal {
public void doMethodOfExtendStaticInnerClass(){}
}
public class Outer {
static Animal a = new Animal(){
public void doMethodOfExtendStaticInnerClass(){
//override me
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Outer.a.doMethodOfExtendStaticInnerClass();
}
}
actually compiles correctly

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:06 pm
by admin
I am not sure I understand your point. Can you please specify which option is not worded correctly so that we can investigate further?

thank you,
Paul.

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:02 pm
by TwistedLizard
From the commentary:
Q: Anonymous inner classes can never have initialization parameters.
A: They can if they are for classes.
ok, I get that:

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class Test0{
  static class Animal{
    String noise;
    Animal(String noise){this.noise=noise;}
    void makeNoise(){
      System.out.println(noise);
    };
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){
    //instantiate an anonymous sub-class of Animal with an initialization parameter
    new Animal("Woof!"){
      //override makeNoise
      public void makeNoise(){
        for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
          super.makeNoise();
      }
    }.makeNoise();
  }
}
output:

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>Test0
Woof!
Woof!
Woof!
but the commentary implies that an anonymous interface implementation cannot have initialization parameters. Here, an anonymous implementation of the CanMakeNoise interface is instantiated.

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class Test1{
  interface CanMakeNoise{
    void makeNoise();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){
    new CanMakeNoise(){
      String noise;
      {
        noise = "Woof!";  //Is "Woof!" classified as an initialization parameter?
      }
      public void makeNoise(){System.out.println(noise);}
    }.makeNoise();
  }
}
output:

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>Test1
Woof!
is the literal assigned to noise, within the init block not regarded as as initialization parameter?

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:18 pm
by admin
Not really. Initialization "parameter" would be something that is already defined and you change it by passing a different value. In your example, you are creating a new instance field and an instance initializer with a default value. You are not passing any parameter to the initializer.

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:52 pm
by TwistedLizard
Thanks.

Thought I recalled somewhere it being said that a value assigned inside an init block was regarded as an 'initialization parameter' . Your answer makes more sense.

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:06 pm
by marcioggs
A non static inner class may have static members.
Additional detail on the answer: If you make them final.

Could you please provide an example that compiles?
The one below doesn't.

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public class OuterClass {
    public class InnerClass {
        // Compilation error: Inner class cannot have static declarations.
        static final Object field = new Object();

        // Same error.
        static final void method() {}
    }
}

Re: About Question com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v6.2.707 :

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:18 am
by admin

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class OuterClass {
    public class InnerClass {
        static final int field = 10; //compiles fine
    }
}

But I agree that the explanation should be improved to say that it is allowed only for constant variable declarations.