Java language question

[EGD Eric]

Hello, I have a question about an example given at: Service | Android Developers
I don't think you need to know anything about Android to be able to answer this question.
What the heck is going on here? I've never seen syntax like this before, but nowadays I see it all the time in Android examples.

It looks like a new ServiceConnection is being made, but then, instead of ending with a semicolon, we've got braces and then 2 function definitions (overriding the 2 abstract ServiceConnection functions) This must be some special feature of Java I've never seen before, can someone tell me what this feature is called so I can read more about it? I know you can't do this in C++.

private LocalService mBoundService;

private ServiceConnection mConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className, IBinder service) {
   ......
.......
    }
    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName className) {
......
    }
};

[DarrylBurke]

Not advanced, not Java. Moved from Advanced Java.

Ever heard of anonymous inner classes?

db

[EGD Eric]

Nope, but thanks for naming it for me.