// innerclasses/DotThis.java

// (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt

// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.

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// Accessing the outer-class object

public class DotThis {

void f() { System.out.println("DotThis.f()"); }

public class Inner {

public DotThis outer() {

return DotThis.this;

// A plain "this" would be Inner's "this"

}

}

public Inner inner() { return new Inner(); }

public static void main(String[] args) {

DotThis dt = new DotThis();

DotThis.Inner dti = dt.inner();

dti.outer().f();

}

}

/* Output:

DotThis.f()

*/