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

These are called local classes. I use it occasionally, but it's not really a necessity.

Edit: a local class can be static, if it appears in a static context, for example, within a static method.

From the wording of the spec, local/inner/anno classe always means class only, not interface.