Re: JDK implementation of inner classes doesn't match Java Language Specification

From:

Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:52:25 -0400

Message-ID:

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olafmat1@gmail.com wrote:

Tested on javac version 1.6.0_10-rc

Joshua Cranmer wrote:

test.java:4: inner classes cannot have static declarations
static int v; //No error???

....

jcranmer@quetzalcoatl ~ $ java -version
java version "1.6.0_07"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)

FWIW, I tested

  package testit; // line 1

  /* p-p */ interface InnerFace
  {
   class B { //Class B directly encloses C
     class C {
       static int v; //No error???
       static {} //Error
       static void x() {} //Error
       interface D {} //Error
     }
   }
  }

on

$ javac -version
javac 1.6.0_10-rc

and got

$ javac -d build/classes/ -cp build/classes/ src/testit/InnerFace.java
src/testit/InnerFace.java:7: inner classes cannot have static declarations
       static int v; //No error???
                  ^
src/testit/InnerFace.java:8: inner classes cannot have static declarations
       static {} //Error
       ^
src/testit/InnerFace.java:9: inner classes cannot have static declarations
       static void x() {} //Error
                   ^
src/testit/InnerFace.java:10: inner classes cannot have static declarations
       interface D {} //Error
       ^
4 errors

--
Lew