//: innerclasses/DotThis.java // Qualifying access to the outer-class object. public class DotThis { void f() { System.out.println("DotThis.f()"); } public class Inner { public DotThis outer() { return DotThis.this; // A plain "this" would be Inner's "this" } } public Inner inner() { return new Inner(); } public static void main(String[] args) { DotThis dt = new DotThis(); DotThis.Inner dti = dt.inner(); dti.outer().f(); } } /* Output: DotThis.f() *///:~