Instantiate private inner class with java reflection

Question

Is it possible to instantiate a private inner class from another class using Java reflection. For example if I took this code

public class Main {
    public         


        

Answer 1

You can do the following :

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // to get first class in OtherClass
    Class innerClass = OtherClass.class.getDeclaredClasses()[0];
    // getDeclaredConstructors for private constructor
    Constructor constructor = innerClass.getDeclaredConstructors()[0];
    // to enable accessing private constructor
    constructor.setAccessible(true);
    OtherClass outerObject = new OtherClass();
    //// create instance of Test by reflection
    Object o = constructor.newInstance(outerObject);
    System.out.println(o);
}