An enclosing instance that contains <my reference> is required
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>An enclosing instance that contains
Below is the code. positionObj
is the object that I am trying to use and it is giving me the above error.
It's unclear why.
package toolBox;
import toolBox.Secretary.positionObj;
public class PositionManagement {
public static HashMap<String, Secretary.positionObj> main(String vArg){
positionObj newPosition=new positionObj();
}
}
Java Solutions
Solution 1 - Java
You're trying to use the non-static inner positionObj
class without an instance of Secretary
for it to belong to.
A non-static inner class must belong to an instance of its parent class
You should probably change positionObj
to a normal class or a static inner class.
Alternatively, you can write someSecretary.new positionObj()
to create an instance of the inner class that belongs to the someSecretary
instance.
Solution 2 - Java
First create an object of Outer class. In this case I think "Secretary". Then create positionObj. Like this,
Secretary x = new Secretary();
Secretary.positionObj y = x.new positionObj();
Solution 3 - Java
The correct generic signature would be
public static HashMap<String, positionObj> main(String vArg)
you dont need to qualify positionObj since you already import it.
However, I am pretty sure a main method must conform to the signature below. If you intend to have main be the main method for your program, change the signature to
public static void main(String[] args) {...}
you can create a separate static method that returns a Map
As a note, all classes should begin with a capital letter, positionObj, should be PositionObj.