A local inner class may be final or abstract.
In Java, a local inner class is a class defined within a block of code, typically within a method. Local inner classes can have the following modifiers:
- Final:
- A local inner class can be marked as
final
, which means it cannot be extended by other classes.
- A local inner class can be marked as
- Abstract:
- A local inner class can be marked as
abstract
, indicating that it may have abstract methods that must be implemented by its subclasses.
- A local inner class can be marked as
- Strictfp:
- The
strictfp
modifier can be applied to a local inner class, which ensures that the floating-point calculations inside the class are platform-independent.
- The
Note that other access modifiers like public
, private
, or protected
are not applicable to local inner classes because they are local to the block in which they are defined. The scope of a local inner class is limited to the block in which it is declared.