Reading about Java, or reading Java code, you might often encounter an anonymous class. It’s a class that is created with the new<\/span> operator, but not given a name. Often, one of its methods is called simultaneously – the very reason for its creation: Here’s an example. First, the code for the class that will be called anonymously: Now, the application class (the one with the main()<\/span> method): After compiling and running (see how in my article here<\/a>), you are hopefully rewarded with the greeting, from the anonymous class, Hopefully you can have some fun with anonymous classes:)<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n Niemeyer, Patrick and Jonathan Knudsen. Learning Java<\/u>, third ed. Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2005.<\/p>\n
\n
\nnew Aclass().methodNeeded();
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nclass Anon0{
\npublic void reply(){
\nSystem.out.println(“Yes, I’m here.”);
\n}
\n}
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nclass Driver{
\npublic static void main(String[] args){
\nnew Anon0().reply();
\n}
\n}
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nYes, I’m here.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n