diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/cmdline/getopt/GetOpt.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/cmdline/getopt/GetOpt.java
index 609ce58..baacede 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/cmdline/getopt/GetOpt.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/cmdline/getopt/GetOpt.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     // inner class to model an option
-    class Option{
+    static class Option{
         private char theArgLetter;
         private String theArgument = null;
         public Option(char argLetter) { theArgLetter = argLetter; }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     // inner class to query optString for a possible option match,
     // and whether or not a given legal option takes an argument. 
     //  
-    class OptionMatcher{
+    static class OptionMatcher{
         public OptionMatcher(String optString){
 	    theOptString = optString;	
         }
diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/MethodGenerator.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/MethodGenerator.java
index c83a2b2..3a79066 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/MethodGenerator.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util/MethodGenerator.java
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
      * current method.  See {@link OutlineableChunkStart} and
      * {@link OutlineableChunkEnd} for more information.
      */
-    private class Chunk implements Comparable {
+    private static class Chunk implements Comparable {
         /**
          * {@link InstructionHandle} of the first instruction in the outlineable
          * chunk.
diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/runtime/Hashtable.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/runtime/Hashtable.java
index ff29953..f8315d8 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/runtime/Hashtable.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/runtime/Hashtable.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
      * A hashtable enumerator class.  This class should remain opaque 
      * to the client. It will use the Enumeration interface.
      */
-    class HashtableEnumerator implements Enumeration {
+    static class HashtableEnumerator implements Enumeration {
 	boolean keys;
 	int index;
 	HashtableEntry table[];