Can a method in an inner class access a parent class method?

Question

I'm not sure if my question title describes my situation aptly, so my apologies if it doesn't! Anyway, let's say I have the following code snippet (visibility is as stated):

public class ChildClass extends ParentClass {
    // more code
   private void myMethod() {
      MyClass mine = new MyClass() {
         public void anotherMethod() {
            // insert code to access a method in ParentClass
         }
      };
   }
}

Is it possible for code within anotherMethod() to access a protected method found in ParentClass? If so, how can this be done?

I've tried something like...

(ParentClass.this).parentMethod();

...but obviously it doesn't work due to scope issues.

Answer 1

This compiles fine:

class MyClass {
}

class ParentClass {
    protected void parentMethod() {
    }
}

class ChildClass extends ParentClass {
    private void myMethod() {
        MyClass mine = new MyClass() {
            public void anotherMethod() {
                parentMethod(); // this works
            }
        };
    }
}