Article:		Nested Classes, Part 1
Subject:		static inner class
Date:		2004-06-21 06:41:15
From:		pzikos
i understand the concept of inner classes and i have used them a lot in my programs. yet why would somebody declare a static inner class and not create another class?

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• static inner class
  2004-06-21 07:11:08  Robert Simmons Jr. (Kraythe) [Reply | View]
  
  
  Oh, that is easy. Compositional relationships. For example, consider an entry in a Hashtable. The entry itself cannot exist outside of the hashtable. Nor is there any reason for users of the table to access the class. Therefore, a private static nexted class is the perfect answer.