Java: Is a class a subclass of itself?

Question

A class can be a "subclass" of itself if its inner class extend the outer class so the class is somehow extending itself without throwing any Exception. So, does it really mean a class is also a subclass of itself?

Thanks.

Answer 1

A class is not a subclass of itself. An inner class could be a subclass of some other class, but that is a separate class. You can verify this by comparing the Class instances you get when you call getClass().