More About Classes - Illustrated C# 2005 - page 103

Figure 6-5. Static methods of a class can be called even if there are no instances of the class.

Other Static Class Member Types
The types of class members that can be declared static are shown checked in Table 6-2. The
other member types cannot be declared static .

Table 6-2. Class Member Types That Can Be Declared Static

Data Members
(Store Data)

Function Members
(Execute Code)

✓ Fields

Constants

✓ Methods ✓ Operators

Indexers

✓

Properties

✓ Constructors ✓ Events

Finalizers