Inner classes, which became available with Java 1.1, come in four flavors: Static member classes Member classes Local classes Anonymous classes Let’s take a quick look at each in turn.

I have a somewhat vague problems, but I'm hoping someone can throw some insight my way.My program dynamically loads classes, using code like this:Class c = Class.forName(className, true, cl);or ...

If you’ve read my Java 101 tutorial introducing static classes and inner classes, you should be familiar with the basics of working with nested classes in Java code. In this associated tip, I ...

To address the shortcomings of this approach, Java 1.1 introduced the concept of anonymous inner classes. Benefits and drawbacks to anonymous inner classes An anonymous inner class allows developers ...

Sealed classes in Java let developers limit the creation and use of subclasses and preserve the class hierarchy. Here is how sealed classes in Java work.