Usage of inner class

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Sometimes there is some functionality which is best represented as an object, but which is only meaningful within the context of another object, which does not necessarily need to be exposed to the outside world, and which can benefit from having access to the parent classes data (so as to not violate encapsulation).

The best example that I can think of is putting a Node class inside of a LinkedList. Nodes are only meaningful to the LinkedList, so they only exist within one. No one outside of the LinkedList cares about nodes or should have access to them.

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