IntHolder[] holders = new IntHolder[10]; // An array to hold 10 objects
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { // Loop to fill the array up
final int fi = i; // A final local variable
class MyIntHolder implements IntHolder { // A local class
public int getValue() { return fi; } // It uses the final variable
}
holders[i] = new MyIntHolder(); // Instantiate the local class
}
// The local class is now out of scope, so we can't use it. But
// we have 10 valid instances of that class in our array. The local
// variable fi is not in our scope here, but it is still in scope for
// the getValue() method of each of those 10 objects. So call getValue()
// for each object and print it out. This prints the digits 0 to 9.
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) System.out.println(holders[i].getValue());