nested classes

[billq]

I am confused on the creation of a nested class.
public class someClass
{
....
public static class NestedClass
{
....
}
}
To create the nestedClass object the tutorial use the new command.
NestedClass x = new NestedClass();

I thought that if something was labels as static you did not have to create the object using new?
thanks
bill

[Fubarable]

I thought that if something was labels as static you did not have to create the object using new?

Where have you read that?

[billq]

In the tutorial
math.hws.edu/javanotes/c6/s1.html http: goes before math. I only have 6 posts and I need 20 in order to post a link.
the author created a HelloWorldDisplay static nested class inside main.
This really confuses me.
thanks
bill

[Fubarable]

No, you misunderstand me. Where did you read this?

I thought that if something was labels as static you did not have to create the object using new?

It's blatantly wrong.

[billq]

What is blatantly wrong. Me or the author? In order to use the Math class I do not have to create an object of Math to get Math.sqrt(). I thought static things were created at compile time and not at runtime. Am I totally confused about this?
thanks
bill

[JosAH]

What is blatantly wrong. Me or the author? In order to use the Math class I do not have to create an object of Math to get Math.sqrt(). I thought static things were created at compile time and not at runtime. Am I totally confused about this?

A static class is just like any other (static) class member. You can instantiate a member of that class (using the 'new' operator) when that class is visible from the context where you want to instantiate it. You can me private static classses (can only be instantiated when you are in the context of the outer class), protected static classes (same as the first but in the context of subclasses of the outer class it can also be instantiated), package scope or public classes.

A non static class only exists when an object (instantiation) of the outer enclosing class exists. Those classes are more interesting.

kind regards,

Jos

[billq]

this makes sense. Thanks. I have found my way to sun micors site to re-educate myself on this topic.
billq

[JosAH]

this makes sense. Thanks. I have found my way to sun micors site to re-educate myself on this topic.

About those non-static nested classes; the following example can create solar systems where a star is an instantiation of the outer class; a planet is an instantiation of a nested class (a star has to exist in order to create a planet) and just for fun the planet class also has a nested class that represents a moon of a planet circling a star:

public class Star {

	private String name;

	public Star(String name) { this.name= name; }

	public class Planet {
		
		private String name;
		
		public Planet(String name) { this.name= name; }
	
		public class Moon {
			
			private String name; 
			
			public Moon(String name) { this.name= name; }
			
			public String toString() { return name+" (orbiting "+Planet.this+")"; }
		}
		
		public String toString() { return name+" (orbiting "+Star.this+")"; }
	}
	
	public String toString() { return name; }
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		System.out.println(new Star("sun").new Planet("earth").new Moon("moon"));
	}
}

kind regards,

Jos