I got following code and that gives me some grief:
public class CodePointBuffer {
public enum Type {
BYTE,
CHAR,
INT
}
private final Type type;
private CodePointBuffer(Type type) {
this.type = type;
}
public static CodePointBuffer withBytes() {
return new CodePointBuffer(Type.BYTE);
}
}
I wonder how Java can allow access to a non-static nested type (aka. inner type) from a static method. The inner type (here the enum Type) requires an instance of the outer class, which is not the case in this context. So, how is this acceptable?
