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Its just matter of relation

Posted by Kishori Sharan on December 01, 2000 at 10:24 AM

Only an inner class can be declared as static. The reason is same as in case of using static and non-static methods in a class. If you want your inner classes not to be connected with outer one jsut declare it static. For example, you can marry and then live together ( non-static inner class ) ot just live together without marrying ( static inner class ).

Thanx
Kishori