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copied!<p>You can use what is called the qualified <code>this</code>.</p> <h3><a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#15.8.4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JLS 15.8.4. Qualified This</a></h3> <blockquote> <p>Any lexically enclosing instance can be referred to by explicitly qualifying the keyword <code>this</code>.</p> <p>Let <em>C</em> be the class denoted by <code>ClassName</code>. Let <em>n</em> be an integer such that <em>C</em> is the <em>n</em>-th lexically enclosing class of the class in which the qualified this expression appears. The value of an expression of the form <code>ClassName.this</code> is the <em>n</em>-th lexically enclosing instance of <code>this</code> (§8.1.3). The type of the expression is <em>C</em>. It is a compile-time error if the current class is not an inner class of class <em>C</em> or <em>C</em> itself.</p> </blockquote> <p>In this case, you can do what Martijn suggests, and use:</p> <pre><code>workWithWidget(SearchWidget.this); </code></pre> <h3>References</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#15.8.4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JLS 15.8.4. Qualified This</a></li> <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/classes.html#8.1.3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JLS 8.1.3 Inner Classes and Enclosing Instances</a></li> </ul> <h3>Related questions</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2793151/access-outer-class-from-inner-class-why-is-it-done-this-way/">Access outer class from inner class: Why is it done this way?</a></li> </ul>

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