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Inner Anonymous Classes

It's possible to go one step further from a local inner class to something called an anonymous class. An anonymous class is a refinement of inner classes, allowing you to write the definition of the class, followed by the instance allocation.

The anonymous class is explained in Table 12-4.

Table 12-4. Anonymous class

Java term	Description	Example code
Anonymous class	This is an inner class. It is a variation on a local class.	void foo () {  JFrame jf = new JFrame();  jf.addEventHandler(     new EventAdapter() {         myOverridingMethod(){         /* some code */         } // end method    } // end anon class  );}
	The class is declared and instantiated within a single expression.

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