I don't understand the error ... (help!)

[XmisterIS]

I have two classes as follows:

class MyClass
{
  public class MyInnerClass
  {
    ...
  }

  ...
}

and

class MyOtherClass
{
  public class MySpecialInnerClass extends MyClass.MyInnerClass
  {
    ...
  }

  ...
}

But when I compile I get the following error: "an enclosing instance that contains MyClass.MyInnerClass is required".

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance :)

EDIT: I fixed it, no worries.

[siva_vs_siva]

class MyClass
{
public static class MyInnerClass //static keyword missing
{
...
}

...
}

class MyOtherClass
{
public class MySpecialInnerClass extends MyClass.MyInnerClass
{
...
}

...
}

[siva_vs_siva]

Example:

/*class 1*/
public class search extends twodimension.inner
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
display();
}

}

/*class 2*/


public class twodimension {

public static class inner
{
public static void display()
{

System.out.println("Hai to all..");

}}}

[XmisterIS]

Thanks for your reply Siva; it turns out that what I was trying to do was actually best solved using an interface. Many thanks.