The Java compiler must create synthetic methods on nested classes when their attributes specified with the private modifier are accessed by the enclosing class. The next code sample indicates this ...

Programmers should have access to Math.sqrt (), Math.random () and other methods, but they should never be able to write "Math myObject = new Math ();" But why make a public method getInstance ()?

I wrote about the NetBeans hint "Overridable Method Call in Constructor" in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints . In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called ...