Nested classes are classes that are declared as members of other classes or scopes. Nesting classes is one way to better organize your code. For example, say you have a non-nested class (also ...

Starting with JDK 1.1, Java provided the ability to create nested classes. A nested class is defined inside another class. There are two types of nested classes: static nested classes and inner ...

From a maintenance point of view, inexperienced Java developers may find the inner class difficult to understand. The use of inner classes will also increase the total number of classes in your code.