Re: Constants class nickname problem

From:
Lew <lew@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:16:09 -0500
Message-ID:
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Guy wrote:

I have the foollowing class:

public class MediVisitInstallConst
{
    public static class Bean
    {
        public static String CONFIG_MI = "beanConfig_MI";
        public static String DB_MI_ID = "beanInfraBD";
        public static String DB_MV_ID = "beanMediVisitBD";
        public static String DICT_MI = "beanDict_MI";
        public static String DICT_MV = "beanDict_MV";
...etc

I invoke it in my code as
   function( arg1, MediVisitInstallConst.CONFIG_MI,...etc);

It works, but I find the static class name rather long, and would to
use a nickname for it;


It surprises me that that works. I would've thought you'd need to use

   function( arg1, MediVisitInstallConst.Bean.CONFIG_MI, ... )

I wonder why it lets you slide without the "Bean".

I try to declare:
   MediVisitInstallConst const;

But when I try to use it:
  function( arg1, const.CONFIG_MI,...etc), the compiler complains:
  "unexpected type: required class, package, fond variable"


Maybe you need the "Bean"?

The I try to "static" the whole class:
  public static class MediVisitInstallConst
  {
    public static class Bean
    {

The compiler complains: "modifier static not allowed here"


You cannot declare a top-level class "static".

What would that mean, anyhow? "static" means "class-level", so at what class's
level would a top-level "static" class be?

- Lew

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