Can I access new methods in anonymous inner class with some syntax?

Question

Is there any Java syntax to access new methods defined within anonymous inner classes from outer class? I know there can be various workarounds, but I wonder if a special sy

Answer 1

The right way to do it is using reflection:

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

public class MethodByReflectionTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {

        Object obj = new Object(){
            public void print(){
                System.out.println("Print executed.");
            }
        };

        obj.getClass().getMethod("print", null).invoke(obj, null);
    }  
}

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