non static variable this cant be referenced from a static context

[chronoz13]

public class Class1 {
 
    private final class Class3 {
 
        public Class3() {
 
            method();
        }
 
        public void method() {
 
            System.out.println("123");
        }
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        Class3 class3 = new Class3();
    }
}

i dont get it why does it gave me a static error

[copeg]

You are attempting to reference a non-static inner class from a static context. Either access class 3 from the outer class, or declare class 3 as static.

[william]

the class that you created in your main method is not static, its a "private final class"

public class Class1 {
 
    private final class Class3 {
 
        public Class3() {
 
            method();
        }

try creating Class1 instead of Class3.

By the way what is the logic here having a inner class?

[chronoz13]

it has something to do with a program that im creating, i encountered a problem i need to solve, so im trying to implement it in a shorter code.. so i was looking for a clarification for this kind of error

[Norm]

For a quick and dirty test, you can make Class3 static.

[Junky]

Your problem is thinking "The main method and Class3 are both inside Class1 so how come the main method cannot see it?"

consider the following:

class Foo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Class3 class3 = new Class3();
    }
}

All I did was place your main method in a completely different class. How is it supposed to find Class3? It has no idea where it is. As a general rule each class should be in its own file unless you are 1000% sure it needs to be an inner class. The reason you make a class an inner class is because it only needs to be used by its enclosing outer class. As soon as you try to use it outside that class (as you have done in the main method) you break that rule.