// innerclasses/DotThis.java

// (c)2021 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 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

DotThis dt = new DotThis();

DotThis.Inner dti = dt.inner();

dti.outer().f();

}

void f() {

System.out.println("DotThis.f()");

}

public Inner inner() {

return new Inner();

}

public class Inner {

public DotThis outer() {

return DotThis.this;

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

}

}

}

/* Output:

DotThis.f()

*/