public class LocalClassExample { String regularExpression = "[^0-9]"; public void validatePhoneNumber(/*final*/ String phoneNumber1,/*final*/ String phoneNumber2) { final int numberLength = 10; class PhoneNumber { String formattedPhoneNumber = null; PhoneNumber(String phoneNumber){ regularExpression = "[^0-9]"; // numberLength = 7; String currentNumber = (phoneNumber).replaceAll( regularExpression, ""); if (currentNumber.length() == numberLength) formattedPhoneNumber = currentNumber; else formattedPhoneNumber = null; } public String getNumber() { return formattedPhoneNumber; } // public void printOriginalNumbers() { // System.out.println("Original numbers are " + phoneNumber1 + // " and " + phoneNumber2); // } } PhoneNumber myNumber1 = new PhoneNumber(phoneNumber1); PhoneNumber myNumber2 = new PhoneNumber(phoneNumber2); // myNumber1.printOriginalNumbers(); if (myNumber1.getNumber() == null) System.out.println("First number is invalid"); else System.out.println("First number is " + myNumber1.getNumber()); if (myNumber2.getNumber() == null) System.out.println("Second number is invalid"); else System.out.println("Second number is " + myNumber2.getNumber()); } public static void main(String... args) { LocalClassExample lce = new LocalClassExample(); lce.validatePhoneNumber("123-456-7890", "456-7890"); } }