Java Certification Question 0104

Which of the following statements are true?

1) An inner class may be defined as static
2) There are NO circumstances where an inner class may be defined as private
3) An anonymous class may have only one constructor
4) An inner class may extend another class

Answer :

1) An inner class may be defined as static
4) An inner class may extend another class

A static inner class is also sometimes known as a top level nested class. There is some debate if such a class should be called an inner class. I tend to think it should be on the basis that it is created inside the opening braces of another class. How could an anonymous class have a constructor?. Remember a constructor is a method with no return type and the same name as the class. Inner classes may be defined as private