What does the $ char means?

[iamcreasy]

What does the $ means, EventQueue$1.class(Red marked)

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I am using NetBeans.

[~s.o.s~]

$ is used as a separation marker for denoting inner classes. For e.g. consider the following class:

public class MyWidget {
	
	static class Oh {
	}
	
	public void doIt() {
		final Runnable r1 = new Runnable() {
			@Override
            public void run() {
            }
		};
		final Runnable r2 = new Runnable() {
			@Override
            public void run() {
            }
		};
		r1.run();
		r2.run();
	}
	
}

Here; four class files would be created:

1. MyWidget
2. MyWidget$Oh.class
3. MyWidget$1.class
4. MyWidget$2.class

Basically, the format is: OuterClassName$(InnerClassName or number in case of anonymous class).class. In the above case, since we have two anonymous Runnables created, we have $1.class and $2.class.

In case you are unaware of nested classes, more details at: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/nested.html

[iamcreasy]

Thanks!