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[Mark S. Miller]

At 12:44 AM 6/10/00 , Michael Neumann wrote:
>Another question:
>How can I create an instance (or access static's) of an inner class?
>
>Example:

[like your example, except I added the package declaration and made B public:]

package foo;

public class A {
     static public class B {
     }
}

>Here I want to get an instance of A.B .

Thanks for the info about 1.2.x.  I've also verified that it works on 1.3.  
However, by experimentation, I believe I have a simple solution that works 
now; but I'm not sure if I'm relying only on the Java spec, or on a 
non-guaranteed implementation detail.

On the Java's I have, A.B is mangled by the Java compiler into A$B.  If you 
are willing to rely on this, then the following works fine:

     <import:foo.A$B>

If this mangling is not a guaranteed part of the spec, we can explore other 
options.

Hope this helps.


         Cheers,
         --MarkM