Java Inner Classes - Under The Hood (nerds-central.blogspot.com)

2 points by nerds-central 15y ago ↗ HN

Ever wondered how inner classes actually work in Java rather than all that theory in the books. Here the inner workings are explained in simple terms.

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cassandravoiton 15y ago ↗

So that is how they work. What else can se find out by looking at the byte output of javac?

nerds-central 15y ago ↗

Just ask a question and I am happy to take a look. I found this an interesting area because the approach 'under the hood' seems a bit 'hacky' but it does work. Java generics are even more strange... http://nerds-central.blogspot.com/2011/04/java-type-erasure-...