How to reference local class

Question

I have a local class...

public class Outer {
    public void wrapper() {
        class Local {
        }
    }
}

and I have a test that needs to reference the local class...

Outer.wrapper.Local.class ## this doesn't seem to work

How can I reference the local class?

Answer 1

You can only reference a Local Inner class inside the method in which you have declared it:

public void wrapper() {
  class Local {

  }
  Local obj = new Local();
}

This classes tend to not be very useful due to their limited scope. If you have found a valid use case to define one take a look at this tutorial.