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why need innerclasses....

Posted by Nagaraju on March 27, 2001 at 3:38 AM

To express the entire implementation of a control-framework application in a single
class, thereby encapsulating everything that�s unique about that implementation. Inner
classes are used to express the many different kinds of action( ) necessary to solve the
problem. the
implementation is completely hidden and can be changed with impunity.
2. Inner classes keep this implementation from becoming awkward, since you�re able to
easily access any of the members in the outer class. Without this ability the code might
become unpleasant enough that you�d end up seeking an alternative.