inner class

[compact nest]

if I have a private inner class, do I still need to make the constructor private to prevent initialization from outside?

[real yacht]

<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

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[errant sage]

no

[compact nest]

ok thanks :D

[real yacht]

Closed the thread.

[compact nest]

if my inner class is private and it got public methods, can outside code use these methods?

seems like I need to make the class public for that

[errant sage]

statically, no

[compact nest]

hm

[errant sage]

unless those methods are also on a public supertype

public interface Apple {
    void eat();
}

public final class Tree {
    public static Apple growApple() {
        return new GrannySmith();
    }

    private class GrannySmith implements Apple {
        @Override
        public void eat() {
            System.out.println("sour");
        }
    }
}

like Tree.growApple().eat() will work

[compact nest]

ok thanks

[errant sage]

im not really sure what is and isn't reflectively accessible