scope of private constructor in Nested Class

Question

This is more of a puzzle than question. I have the following code:

public class PrivateBaseConstructor {
    public static class BaseClass {
                


        

Answer 1

if the member or constructor is declared private, then access is permitted if and only if it occurs within the body of the top level class (§7.6) that encloses the declaration of the member or constructor.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-6.html#jls-6.6.1