Java Language Specification - Cannot understand 'BlockStatement'

Question

I\'ve been examining the Java Language Specification here (instead I should be out having a beer) and I am curious about what a method can contain. The specification states a me

Answer 1

Oh yes you can declare a class inside a method body. :-)

class A {

    public void doIt() {
        class B {}
        B b = new B();
        System.out.println(b.getClass());
    }

}