Using Inner classes in C#

Question

What are the best practices regarding the use and structure of inner classes in C#.

For instance if I have a very large base class and two large inner classes should

Answer 1

Here see a practical example of a nested class that could give you an idea of their use (added some unit test)

namespace CoreLib.Helpers
{
    using System;
    using System.Security.Cryptography;

    public static class Rnd
    {
        private static readonly Random _random = new Random();

        public static Random Generator { get { return _random; } }

        static Rnd()
        {
        }

        public static class Crypto
        {
            private static readonly RandomNumberGenerator _highRandom = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();

            public static RandomNumberGenerator Generator { get { return _highRandom; } }

            static Crypto()
            {
            }

        }

        public static UInt32 Next(this RandomNumberGenerator value)
        {
            var bytes = new byte[4];
            value.GetBytes(bytes);

            return BitConverter.ToUInt32(bytes, 0);
        }
    }
}

[TestMethod]
public void Rnd_OnGenerator_UniqueRandomSequence()
{
    var rdn1 = Rnd.Generator;
    var rdn2 = Rnd.Generator;
    var list = new List();
    var tasks = new Task[10];
    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        tasks[i] = Task.Factory.StartNew((() =>
        {
            for (var k = 0; k < 1000; k++)
            {
                lock (list)
                {
                    list.Add(Rnd.Generator.Next(Int32.MinValue, Int32.MaxValue));
                }
            }
        }));
    }
    Task.WaitAll(tasks);
    var distinct = list.Distinct().ToList();
    Assert.AreSame(rdn1, rdn2);
    Assert.AreEqual(10000, list.Count);
    Assert.AreEqual(list.Count, distinct.Count);
}

[TestMethod]
public void Rnd_OnCryptoGenerator_UniqueRandomSequence()
{
    var rdn1 = Rnd.Crypto.Generator;
    var rdn2 = Rnd.Crypto.Generator;
    var list = new ConcurrentQueue();
    var tasks = new Task[10];
    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        tasks[i] = Task.Factory.StartNew((() =>
        {
            for (var k = 0; k < 1000; k++)
            {
                    list.Enqueue(Rnd.Crypto.Generator.Next());
            }
        }));
    }
    Task.WaitAll(tasks);
    var distinct = list.Distinct().ToList();
    Assert.AreSame(rdn1, rdn2);
    Assert.AreEqual(10000, list.Count);
    Assert.AreEqual(list.Count, distinct.Count);
}