// innerclasses/Ex11.java
// TIJ4 Chapter Innerclasses, Exercise 11, page 356
/* Create a private inner class that implements a public interface.
* Write a method that returns a reference to an instance of the private
* inner class, upcast to the interface. Show that the inner class is
* completely hidden by trying to downcast to it.
*/
/* public interface Ex11Interface {
* void say(String s);
* }
*/
class Test {
private class Inner implements Ex11Interface {
public void say(String s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
}
Ex11Interface f() {
return new Inner();
}
}
public class Ex11 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test t = new Test();
t.f().say("hi");
// Error: cannot find symbol: class Inner:
// ((Inner)t.f()).say("hello");
}
}