Java Error can any one help

[benzspida]

I keep getting this java error (inner class cannot have static declarations ) dont know why I just started learning Java dont know what im doing wrong. Thanks

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class comments extends Applet
  {
	/**
	 * @author Craig
	 * 
	 * This class demonstrates use of:
	 * Line Comments
	 * Block Comments
	 * JavaDoc Comments.
	 */
	public class CommentsExample {

		/**
		 * Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		 * statements you add to a program 
		 * documentation  for the purpose 
		 * of documentation.
		 */
		protected static String greeting = "Hi";
		
		//Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		//statements you add to a program 
		private static String name = "Guys"; //documentation  
		
		public CommentsExample() {
			//of documentation.()
			super();
		}

		/**
		 * This is the entry point of the application.
		 *  main() is executed first by the JVM.
		 */
		public void main(String[] args) {
			/*
			 * Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		     * statements you add to a program 
		     * documentation  for the purpose 
		     * of documentation.
			 */
			System.out.println(greeting + " " + name);
		}
	}
}

[Belisarius]

You've declared a class withing a class. Being that you're just starting Java, this is probably not what you want to do - it's a more advanced technique, and generally not neccessary.

Furthermore, you call "super()" in the constructor ("public CommentsExample()") of your inner class. This calls the constructor of the parent class. You are not extending CommentsExample from anything, so the "super()" call is superfluous.

You are not doing anything applet-ly, so you can remove the "public class comments extends Applet" declaration. Then your program should work. Just realize it won't be an applet - you'll need to run it from the command line.

[Kevin1991]

isnt that called recursion... or something along the lines of that?

[redhead]

In order to fully understand recursion, look up recursion

[Belisarius]

Recursion is calling a method or function from within itself. What was going on here was more akin to an anonymous declaration, but not because it wasn't anonymous. He was treating the internally declared class like it was being anonymously declared, which was part of the problem.