Java Local Inner Class.

Java Local Inner Class.

• A local inner class is defined inside a block of code inside a containing class, and only visible within that block.
• It can be defined in methods inside static initializers, non-static initializers, and constructors. .
• At declaration it cannot use any access modifiers such as public, private, or protected, as its scope is always limited to its enclosing block.
  Local inner class example:

  public class LocalCar {
    String _color;                       // object of inner class country
   LocalCar(String col){
      _color=col;
    }
    public String getColor() {
      class color {                      // Local inner class
        String showColor() {
          return "My color is "+_color+"!";
        }
      }
      color _color=new color();          // instantiate the inner class
      return _color.showColor();
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      LocalCar myCar= new LocalCar("blue"); // instantiated object of class LocalCar
      System.out.println(myCar.getColor());
    }
  }
  

  The result of this is:

  My color is blue!

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