Reflectively obtain an inner object's outer object

Question

So, I have an object which is an instance of an inner class. I need to find reflectively the instance of the outer class which is associated with it.
I might not be seeing the wood for the trees here but I can't see how. Effectively I need an object equivalent of "Class.getDeclaringClass()"
An example to help explain, if required:
public class FindOuterObject
     public static void main(String[] args)
          new FindOuterObject();
     private FindOuterObject()
          InnerObject i = new InnerObject();
          Object o = findOuterObject(i);
          System.out.println((o == this) ? "Worked" : "Failed");
     private static Object findOuterObject(Object innerObject)
          // Need to fill in this method to work for any object passed in
          return null;
     public class InnerObject
}

Answer 1

I'd say that hints at a problematic design.
And I'd wholeheartedly agree :o)
It's a little fudge I'm just currently tring to do. I've got a 'toggle' action which needs to maintain its state, and I want to keep any associated buttons (typically JCheckBoxMenuItems) updated according to the toggle state (which can be modified in several ways).
The code currently whips through the PropertyChangeListeners looking for buttons and calling "setSelected()" as appropriate, but the PCL registered by a JMenuItem is an inner object. I need to call a method on the button object.
I'm contractually obliged to work with 1.4.2 so I can't take advantage of the new Swing functionality to do this automagically.
I'm looking for another workaround and it's not desperately important anyway but I thought it was an interesting poser nonetheless :o)