Java: Class.this

Question

I have a Java program that looks like this.

public class LocalScreen {

   public void onMake() {
       aFuncCall(LocalScreen.this, oneString, twoString);
          


        

Answer 1

Class.this allows access to instance of the outer class. See the following example.

public class A
{
  final String name;
  final B      b;
  A(String name) {
    this.name = name;
    this.b = new B(name + "-b");
  }

  class B
  {
    final String name;
    final C      c;
    B(String name) {
      this.name = name;
      this.c = new C(name + "-c");
    }

    class C
    {
      final String name;
      final D      d;
      C(String name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.d = new D(name + "-d");
      }

      class D
      {
        final String name;
        D(String name) {
          this.name = name;
        }

        void printMe()
        {
          System.out.println("D: " + D.this.name); // `this` of class D
          System.out.println("C: " + C.this.name); // `this` of class C
          System.out.println("B: " + B.this.name); // `this` of class B
          System.out.println("A: " + A.this.name); // `this` of class A
        }
      }
    }
  }
  static public void main(String ... args)
  {
    final A a = new A("a");
    a.b.c.d.printMe();
  }
}

Then you will get.

D: a-b-c-d
C: a-b-c
B: a-b
A: a