Accessing the outer class from a non-static inner class

The reference to the outer class uses the class name and this

public class OuterClass {
    public class InnerClass {
        public void method() {
            System.out.println("I can access my enclosing class: " + OuterClass.this);
        }
    }
}

You can access fields and methods of the outer class directly.

public class OuterClass {
    private int counter;

    public class InnerClass {
        public void method() {
            System.out.println("I can access " + counter);
        }
    }
}

But in case of name collision you can use the outer class reference.

public class OuterClass {
    private int counter;

    public class InnerClass {
        private int counter;
        
        public void method() {
            System.out.println("My counter: " + counter);
            System.out.println("Outer counter: " + OuterClass.this.counter);
            
            // updating my counter
            counter = OuterClass.this.counter;
        }
    }
}

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