refering to inner classes from imports doesn't work

[Cedric Berger]

>
>
>public class A
>{
>   public static X createSomething ()
>   {
>     return new X();
>   }
>
>   public class X
>   {
>      public void someMethod ()
>      {
>        return;
>      }
>   }
>}
>
How can the *static* method createSomething() create the *non-static* 
class A?
Cedric