How to pass a variable value to an inner class?

Question

Hi there,
Please have a look of the code below. It's a bit long, but my concern is I did have to declare the int "i" variable as static because it is used by an inner class (if "i" is not declare as static, the code cannot be compiled).
Is there a more "clean" way to do the way work without declaring the "i" int as static? (because the scope of this variable is not the whole program).
Thanks for your help.
Denis
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Tools{
     static int i;
     static void longTask(){
          for (Tools.i=0; Tools.i<=100; Tools.i++) {
               SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable(){
                    public void run(){
                         myApp.jpb.setValue(Tools.i);//--- static variable i
               for (int j=0; j<200; j++)
                    System.out.println(Tools.i+" - "+j);
class myListener implements ActionListener{
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          Thread t = new Thread() {
               public void run(){
                    Tools.longTask();
          t.start();
public class myApp {
     static JProgressBar jpb;
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          JFrame frame = new JFrame();
          JPanel panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
          jpb = new JProgressBar();
          jpb.setValue(0);
          jpb.setStringPainted(true);
          JButton button = new JButton("go");
          button.addActionListener(new myListener());
          panel.add(jpb);
          panel.add(button);
          frame.getContentPane().add( panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          frame.setVisible(true);
          frame.pack();
}

Answer 1

Without compiling it, writing it in notepad, it would be something like this. You should also wonder if this longTask has to be static by the way. But I think this demonstrates the inner class stuff. You can also look in the tutorial on this site: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads/timer.html
class Tools{
     static int i;
     static void longTask(){
          for (Tools.i=0; Tools.i<=100; Tools.i++) {
               SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Innerclass(i));
               for (int j=0; j<200; j++) {
                    System.out.println(Tools.i+" - "+j);
     Class Innerclass implements Runnable(){
          int i;
          public Innerclass(int i) {
               this.i = i;
          public void run(){
               myApp.jpb.setValue(Tools.i);//--- static variable i
}