Re: Nesting classes

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:40:31 -0400
Message-ID:
<8q2Og.37845$_q4.35159@dukeread09>
Tanveer wrote:

In C++, it is always possible to have one class nested inside other or
for that matter, a data structure nested inside other data structure.
Something like:

class A
{
    public:
      struct A1
       {
             char a[10];
             char b[10];
       } a1;
      struct A2
       {
             char a2[10];
             char b2[10];
       } a2;
        ...........

};

What i am struggling with is, i am searching for similar representation
for a java class.
I tried doing it as:

public class Temp
{
   class A1
   {
       public String a1;
       public String b1;
   };
   class A2
   {
       public String a2;
       public String b2;
   };

    ..............
};

This gets compiled but what i see is n no. of .java files get generated
named:

Temp.java
Temp$A1.java
Temp$A2.java

This behavior is coming as a surprise package to me.
I agree i dont't know much of java and am a begineer in this.


I think you mean that the compiler generates:

Temp.class
Temp$A1.class
Temp$A2.class

1) Since Temp2 also can have an A1 and A2, then that naming
    convention actually makes sense.

2) You should not worry too much about the class files generated - it
    will work when you run your code.

3) Seriously I think you should consider your usage of nested
    classes.

    It is a rare used feature in Java.

    Use packages to structure your code.

Arne

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