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jonyzz · Sep 2nd, 2005, 3:57 AM

I read in a Lightweight C++ tutorial (what is Lightweight C++ ??) that an inner class in C++ does not have access to the members of its enclosing class. Is that right?
Second I read about inner classes in Java - i understood that they have access to their enclosing class' members (is that always?). And I feel like inner classes in Java are used as an analogy of friend classes in C++.
What do you think?

tempest · Sep 2nd, 2005, 6:45 AM

A subclass has access to all the public members of its inherited class.

DaWei · Sep 2nd, 2005, 6:49 AM

Investigate the meaning of the keywords, "public", "private", and "protected." That said, "Lightweight C++" is what I write

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grumpy · Sep 2nd, 2005, 7:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jonyzz

I read in a Lightweight C++ tutorial (what is Lightweight C++ ??)

Lightweight C++ is presumably the name of the tutorial.

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Originally Posted by jonyzz

that an inner class (sometimes referred to as s nested class, but a more accurate description is "a class declared within the scope of another class") in C++ does not have access to the members of its enclosing class. Is that right?

Almost. An inner class has access to public members of it's enclosing class. It does not have access to protected to public members.

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Originally Posted by jonyzz

Second I read about inner classes in Java - i understood that they have access to their enclosing class' members (is that always?). And I feel like inner classes in Java are used as an analogy of friend classes in C++.
What do you think?

That's not my understanding, but then I know less about the nitty gritty of Java than I do of C++.

My understanding of inner classes in Java is that they are similar in nature to such classes in C++.

jonyzz · Sep 2nd, 2005, 9:56 AM

thank you for your explanations guys

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What is Lightweight C++? difference in inner classes between C++ and Java?