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Returning a reference to an inner class
Returning a reference to an inner class

// : c08:Parcel2.java
// Returning a reference to an inner class.
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.

public class Parcel2 {
  class Contents {
    private int i = 11;

    public int value() {
      return i;
    }
  }

  class Destination {
    private String label;

    Destination(String whereTo) {
      label = whereTo;
    }

    String readLabel() {
      return label;
    }
  }

  public Destination to(String s) {
    return new Destination(s);
  }

  public Contents cont() {
    return new Contents();
  }

  public void ship(String dest) {
    Contents c = cont();
    Destination d = to(dest);
    System.out.println(d.readLabel());
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Parcel2 p = new Parcel2();
    p.ship("Tanzania");
    Parcel2 q = new Parcel2();
    // Defining references to inner classes:
    Parcel2.Contents c = q.cont();
    Parcel2.Destination d = q.to("Borneo");
  }
///:~



           
       
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