I was trying to test the following implementation on my own computer:
public class DataStructure {
private final static int SIZE = 15;
private int[] arrayOfInts = new int[SIZE];
public DataStructure() {
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
arrayOfInts[i] = i;
}
}
public void printEven() {
DataStructureIterator iterator = this.new EvenIterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
System.out.print(iterator.next() + " ");
}
System.out.println();
}
interface DataStructureIterator extends java.util.Iterator<Integer> { }
private class EvenIterator implements DataStructureIterator {
private int nextIndex = 0;
public boolean hasNext() {
return (nextIndex <= SIZE - 1);
}
public Integer next() {
Integer retValue = Integer.valueOf(arrayOfInts[nextIndex]);
nextIndex += 2;
return retValue;
}
}
public static void main(String s[]) {
DataStructure ds = new DataStructure();
ds.printEven();
}
}
When I compiled the file with javac, it generated 4 files, which are:
DataStructure$DataStructureIterator.class,
DataStructure$EvenIterator.class,
DataStructure$1.class,
DataStructure.class
Then I ran
#java DataStructure
It ran fine.
What's bothering me is the fact of if I compile it using Eclipse or even maven, it won't generate 4 files, but 3, which are:
DataStructure$DataStructureIterator.class,
DataStructure$EvenIterator.class,
DataStructure.class
Now I'm wondering why this happens, although it runs fine as well.
Thank you. Ps: I couldn't comment on this existing post as I'm new to this: Why does Java code with an inner class generates a third SomeClass$1.class file?.
Sorry for being repetitive, but I think this is somehow tricky and interesting.