The static keyword can be used in several different ways in Java and in almost all cases it is a modifier which means the thing it is modifying is usable without an enclosing object instance. …

Since static methods also do not belong to a specific instance, they can't refer to instance members. In the example given, main does not know which instance of the Hello class (and …

Mar 5, 2010 · 162 What does public static void mean in Java? I'm in the process of learning. In all the examples in the book I'm working from public static void comes before any method that is …

Mar 9, 2012 · The term static means that the method is available at the Class level, and so does not require that an object is instantiated before it's called. Because writeNumbers was being …

Oct 2, 2008 · The static modifier after import is for retrieving/using static fields of a class. One area in which I use import static is for retrieving constants from a class.

May 27, 2009 · The main method must be static, which means that applications run in a static context by default. One of the basic rules of working with static methods is that you can’t …

Mar 26, 2015 · The java command will start the JVM and it will load our Test.java class into the memory. As main is the entry point for our program, JVM will search for main method which is …

Sep 6, 2016 · Static initializers aren't inherited and are only executed once when the class is loaded and initialized by the JRE. That means this static block will be initialized only once …

May 21, 2009 · That String[] args part may become optional in future versions of Java. Work is underway to allow for simplified declaration of main method. See JEP 463: Implicitly Declared …

Sep 2, 2011 · Of course it can be accessed as ClassName.var_name, but only from inside the class in which it is defined - that's because it is defined as private. public static or private static …