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According to Barry Boone's Java Certification exam guide the only way to
reference the current instance of the outer class is:
<i>outerclassname.this</i>.  He doesn't mention <i>this$0</i> anywhere.
This is only one source, naturally, but it seems the method Boone mentions
should work for any environment.

Barry Donovan wrote:

> Hi,
>
>     I'm experiencing problems with Inner classes and this$0. The code
> compiles OK with
>     the Sun and Symantec Compilers but not under JBuilder - it seems I
> cannot call any of the
>     outer class methods or access any of the outer class attributes. I
> see a few people have previously
>     mentioned problems with Inner classes & the JBuilder compiler but
> noone from Borland has
>     made any comment.
>
>     Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this piece of code?
>
> Thanks for your help in this matter,
> Barry Donovan.
>
>     A.java:
>
>     package com.blah.blah;
>
>     public class A extends Object
>     {
>         public A()
>         {
>         }
>
>         public void someMethod()
>         {
>          }
>
>         class B
>         {
>             public B()
>             {
>                 this$0.someMethod();    // Call the outer class
> someMethod as opposed to inner class.
>             }
>
>             public void someMethod()
>             {
>             }
>         }
>     }
>
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