A static inner class can be instantiated without the need for an instance of the outer class. In general, an Inner class is a part of nested class, called Non-static nested classes in Java. The types of inner classes are member inner class, anonymous inner class, and local inner class.
We can instantiate a static inner class with reflection using InnerClass.class.newInstance(). If we need an instance of the outer class to instantiate a non-static inner class, we can specify it before a new operator.
Example
import java.lang.reflect.*;
public class InnerclassWithReflectionTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
InnerClass inner = (InnerClass) InnerClass.class.newInstance();
inner.test();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
// inner class
static class InnerClass {
public void test() {
System.out.println("Welcome to TutorialsPoint !!!");
}
}
}Output
Welcome to TutorialsPoint !!!