Why can't inner classes declare static members?

Question

The Java Tutorial says that since an inner class is associated with an instance of the enclosing class, it (the inner class) cannot define any static members itself.

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Answer 1

An inner class may not declare static fields unless they are compile-time constants. Hence, if you declare the static field as final it will work.

class Foo {
    class Test {
       final static int i = 10;
    }
}

will compile and run perfectly

static fields can only be declared in static or top-level types. Hence, a (pure) static variable can be declared only in a static class.