variables in anonymous classes

    private float classScope;

    @Override
    public void pause() {
        final Vector2 methodScope = new Vector2(); // has to be final

        new InputAdapter() {

            private float innerClassScope;

            @Override
            public boolean touchDown(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
                classScope = button;
                methodScope.set(pointer, button);
                innerClassScope = pointer;
                return true;
            }

        };

        // to access variables from inside the class, you need to subclass
        MyInputAdapter myAdapter = new MyInputAdapter() {

            private float innerClassScope2;

            @Override
            public boolean keyDown(int keycode) {
                return MathUtils.randomBoolean();
            }

            @Override
            public boolean touchDown(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
                classScope = button;
                methodScope.set(pointer, button);
                innerClassScope = pointer;
                return true;
            }

        };

        float x = myAdapter.myAwesomeVar; // you can access it directly (even though it's private) because MyAdapter is an inner class of this screen
        float y = myAdapter.innerClassScope2; // COMPILE ERROR: innerClassScope2 is still just available in the anonymous implementation of MyInputAdapter
    }

    private class MyInputAdapter extends InputAdapter {

        private float myAwesomeVar;

        @Override
        public boolean touchUp(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
            myAwesomeVar += screenX;
            return super.touchUp(screenX, screenY, pointer, button);
        }

    }