is it possible to get restrict inner class constru...

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[aarjav]

is it possible to get restrict inner class constructor so that only the outer class can instantiate it? Here is the java code that can do it:

public class Foo {
    public class FooInner {
        public final String key;
        private FooInner(String key) {
            this.key = key;
        }
    }
    public FooInner wrap(String key) {
        return new FooInner( key );
    }
}

A hack that may work, but would rather keep constructor public than use: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18634125/5130921

[Stephan Schroeder]

what if FooInner is an interface and wrap returns an anonymous class?!