why an outer class cannot be declared as private?

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why an outer class cannot be declared as private?..

Answer / ravi kumar

private class PrivateClass //You cannot use private here
{
}

class TestClass //This is valid
{
}
}
This is because, in above example, if you declare PrivateClass as private then it's private to what? As Vijay said, it is of no use. So, intellisense intelligently doesn't show 'private' .

also another thing that private class can not be instantiate means u can not create object that class then what will be use of that class

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why an outer class cannot be declared as private?..

Answer / Vikalp Chauhan

An outer class cannot be declared as private because a private outer class would restrict access to its methods and fields only within the same package. However, a private inner or nested class can be defined, which is only accessible within its enclosing class.

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