How to refer the parent class object from an inner class

Question

Hi,
I have a class X, which contains an inner private class Y. Class X has a method getY which returns an object of class Y. Class Y has a method getParent. I want to return the object of parent class from this. The code is like this:
public inerface IY;
public class X {
private class Y implements IY {
public getParent {
// ... return the object of parent class which created the object of this inner class
public IY getY() {
return new Y();
Can somebody help me with this...

Answer 1

interface IY {
public class X {
    private class Y
        implements IY {
        private X parent;
        public Y(X x)
            parent = x;
        public X getParent()
            // ... return the object of parent class which created the object of this inner class
            return parent;
    public IY getY()
        return new Y(this);
}Filip