How can I access the "this" of an outer class from an inner class?

Question

Is it possible to get a reference to this inside a Java inner class?

i.e.

 class Outer { void aMethod() { NewClass newClass = new NewClass() { void bMethod() { // How to I get access to "this" (pointing to outer) from here? } }; } } 

Answer 1

You can access an instance of an outer class as follows:

 Outer.this 

Answer 2

Outer.this

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 class Outer { void aMethod() { NewClass newClass = new NewClass() { void bMethod() { System.out.println( Outer.this.getClass().getName() ); // print Outer } }; } } 

BTW Java class names begin with uppercase by convention.

Answer 3

Confirm the class name of the outer class as follows:

 outer.this 

Answer 4

yes, you can use the external class name with this . outer.this