@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ A regular inner class scoped inside another class's curly braces, but outside an
185185 same level that an instance variable is declared) is called a __ method-local inner class__ .
186186
187187{% highlight java linenos %}
188- class Outer {
189-
188+ class Outer {
190189 private String x = "Outer";
191190
192191 void doStuff() {
@@ -198,10 +197,8 @@ class Outer {
198197 } // close inner class method
199198
200199 } // close inner class definition
201-
202- } // close outer class method doStuff()
203-
204- } // close outer class
200+ }
201+ }
205202{% endhighlight %}
206203
207204In the above example, ` class Inner ` is the method-local inner class. But the inner class is useless because you are never
@@ -212,8 +209,7 @@ use the inner class, you must make an instance of it somewhere within the method
212209The following legal code shows how to instantiate and use a method-local inner class:
213210
214211{% highlight java linenos %}
215- class Outer {
216-
212+ class Outer {
217213 private String x = "Outer";
218214
219215 void doStuff() {
@@ -230,10 +226,8 @@ class Outer {
230226 mi.seeOuter();
231227
232228 } // close inner class definition
233-
234- } // close outer class method doStuff()
235-
236- } // close outer class
229+ }
230+ }
237231{% endhighlight %}
238232
239233### What a Method-Local Inner Object Can and Can't Do
@@ -268,11 +262,12 @@ class MyOuter {
268262 class MyInner {
269263 public void seeOuter() {
270264 System.out.println("Outer x is " + x);
271- System.out.println("Local var z is " + z); // won't compile, making 'z' final will solve the problem
272- } // close inner class method
273- } // close inner class definition
274- } // close outer class method doStuff()
275- } // close outer class
265+ System.out.println("Local var z is " + z); // won't compile, making 'z' final
266+ // will solve the problem
267+ }
268+ } // close method-local inner class
269+ }
270+ }
276271{% endhighlight %}
277272
278273* A local class declared in a ` static ` method has access to only ` static ` members of the enclosing class, since there is no
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