Re: static context puzzle

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From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
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Subject	Re: static context puzzle
Date	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:21:11 -0800
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:18:25 -0800, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>I have prepared the following SSCCE to demonstrate a puzzle.
>The compiler is complaining about using an instance method in a static
>context. It looks fine to me.  What am I overlooking?

The secret to making it work is to remove the keyword "private"
from 

private int chooseAnAdVariant( final File fileBeingProcessed 

The error message is misleading. Inner classes cannot see the parent's
private methods.  Methods attached to individual enum constants are
inner classes of the enum as a whole under the hood.
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
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as couch potatoes who hire others to go to the gym for them.

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