Sub Classes

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What is the benefits of having a class within a class

Thanks in advance for the info.
 
I'm not sure these are benfits, but more why and how you should use nested
classes:

1) It's accesible only through the containing class.
2) If the class is only meaningful to one other class, why not nest it
within this other class, thus indicating to other developers the exact use
of the class.
 
It's a matter of encapsulation. It allows you to create private utility
classes that are only visible to the containing class.

One more note, though -
I've seen a few people call these sub-classes or subclasses, but the real
name is "nested class". Subclasses are classes that inherit from another
base class (or superclass).

-Rob Teixeira [MVP]
 
Subclasses are classes that inherit from another
base class (or superclass).
Click to expand...

I prefer the term "derived class", but I guess I get that from C++, but I
know they mean the same thing.

Cheers
 
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