What fields can a nested class access of the class it's nested in?

Question

I have a web service in C# and would like to have a nested inner class, that abstracts away the session collection, something like this:

public class Service          


        

Answer 1

Nested classes in C# aren't like (non-static) inner classes in Java. There is no implicit reference to an instance of the containing class - so you can't use any instance members of the containing class without an explicit reference.

However, you do have access to all private members of the containing class - with a suitable reference for instance members.