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Re: Changing accessor on public static class

From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Changing accessor on public static class
Date 2016-09-06 19:31 -0400
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On 9/6/2016 10:00 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> Is there any point in making it public? As Eric S said, a top-level
> class cannot be static, so we're assuming this is an inner class.
> The only point to a static inner class is if you need an instance of
> it in a static method.

No. It is quite common to have static nested classes used in non-static
methods.

Arne

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Changing accessor on public static class mike <mikaelpetterson@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-06 00:53 -0700
  Re: Changing accessor on public static class Alberto Salvati <zzzato@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 01:12 -0700
  Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-06 09:08 -0400
    Re: Changing accessor on public static class Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-09-06 23:00 +0000
      Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-07 07:48 -0400
  Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 07:00 -0700
    Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-06 19:31 -0400
      Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-07 04:47 -0700
        Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-07 18:52 -0400
          Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 04:54 -0700
            Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-08 08:38 -0400
              Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 06:35 -0700
                Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-08 10:09 -0400
                Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 08:18 -0700
                Re: Changing accessor on public static class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 08:37 -0700
                Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-08 19:34 -0400
                Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-08 19:32 -0400
            Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-08 19:30 -0400
              Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-08 21:50 -0400
            Re: Changing accessor on public static class Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 17:44 -0700
    Re: Changing accessor on public static class Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 17:42 -0700
  Re: Changing accessor on public static class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-06 19:33 -0400
  Re: Changing accessor on public static class Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 17:39 -0700

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