Question

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DemoAbstractClass abstractClass = new DemoAbstractClass() {
            private String val;

            @Override
            public void runner() {
                val = "test";
                System.out.println(val);
                this.run();
            }

            public String getVal() {
                return val;
            }
        };

        abstractClass.runner();

        /**
         * I want to access getVal method here
         */
    }
}

abstract class DemoAbstractClass {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("running");
    }

    public abstract void runner();
}

Here, I’m declaring an abstract class DemoAbstractClass. I can obviously create a new class that extends this class and add this method to it. But, I would prefer not doing that in my scenario.
Is there any other way to access getVal method in above code??

Answer 1

You can’t. You need to make a proper (non-anomous) class out of it. Make it an inner private class if you want to limit its scope.

Alternatively, you could use a StringBuffer and share a referense to it between the methods. Not extremely clean however.

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• Accessing inner anonymous class members