Declaring a method inside a method: Runnable?

[africanhacker]

public class SomeClass {

public void sayHello ( ) {

final Runnable greeter = new Runnable ( ) { public void run ( ) {

			System.out.println("Hello"); System.out.println("Good Morning");
			System.out.println("How Are You"); } } ;

greeter.run() ; // first time
greeter.run() ; // second time

}//sayHello() closes

}//SomeClass closes here

I have come across a blog in which it is claimed that using the above detailed technique on can run a method inside a method. Is this true. If it is can some take a moment to explain the code above.

[r035198x]

What you should do is get a tutorial on threading, ..., and read it.

[Tolls]

What does "run a method inside a method" mean?

This would be running a method inside a method, but I'm guesing that's not whatever blog post it is is actually saying:

public void myMethod() {
    myOtherMethod();
}

private void myOtherMethod() {
    Syetem.out.println("Look at me! Look at me!");
}

[Tolls]

Or is it "declare a method inside a method"? As the title says.

In which case any anonymous class defined in a method would count presumably.

[JosAH]

Or is it "declare a method inside a method"? As the title says.

In which case any anonymous class defined in a method would count presumably.

The entire question is moot; the ability to define a (local) class in the body of a method allows to define other methods inside a method body; have a look:

public static void main(String[] args) { // <-- an outer method
   ActionListener al= new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
         System.out.println("Who'd have thought it?");
      }
   };
   al.actionPerformed(null);
}

kind regards,

Jos

[africanhacker]

@JosAh

You deserve some reputation for that

[Tolls]

The entire question is moot; the ability to define a (local) class in the body of a method allows to define other methods inside a method body; have a look:

public static void main(String[] args) { // <-- an outer method
   ActionListener al= new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
         System.out.println("Who'd have thought it?");
      }
   };
   al.actionPerformed(null);
}

kind regards,

Jos

Which is an anonymous class...or have I mucked up my terminology...again?
;)

[JosAH]

Which is an anonymous class...or have I mucked up my terminology...again?
;)

Nope, it's an anonymous local class and it's used in a bogus way, so it's a local anonymous bogus class; and it's extremely silly, so it's a local anonymous silly bogus class. ;-)

kind regards,

Jos

[sunde887]

Nope, it's an anonymous local class and it's used in a bogus way, so it's a local anonymous bogus class; and it's extremely silly, so it's a local anonymous silly bogus class. ;-)

kind regards,

Jos

Local anonymous silly bogus class, now that deserves rep.

@op: Do you understand your question better after there explanations?