Access the enclosing class from an inner class

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[edit] Java


public class TestIt {
        public static void main(String a[]){
                new TestIt().doit();
                /*
                output :
                Hello world!
                */
        }
        public void doit() {
                new InnerClass().sayHello();
        }
        public void enclosingClassMethod(){
                System.out.println("Hello world!");
        }


        class InnerClass {
                public void sayHello() {
                        TestIt.this.enclosingClassMethod();
                }
        }
}

or 


public class TestIt {
        TestIt testItClass = this;

        public static void main(String a[]){
                new TestIt().doit();
                /*
                output :
                Hello world!
                */
        }

        public void doit() {
                new InnerClass().sayHello();
        }

        public void enclosingClassMethod(){
                System.out.println("Hello world!");
        }

        class InnerClass {
                public void sayHello() {
                        testItClass.enclosingClassMethod();
                }
        }
}
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