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How can we debug method calls that are not part of our own source code, say a call to JButton.setEnabled()? Java provides us with anonymous inner classes, which come in quite handy for this problem.

Q: So what are inner classes good for anyway? A: Inner classes nest within other classes. A normal class is a direct member of a package, a top-level class. Inner classes, which became available with ...