Java Reference
In-Depth Information
The output from the program is shown here:
As you can see, the
static
variable
y
is shared by both
ob1
and
ob2
. Changing it affects the
entire class, not just an instance.
The difference between a
static
method and a normal method is that the
static
method
is called through its class name, without any object of that class being created. You have
seen an example of this already: the
sqrt( )
method, which is a
static
method within Java's
standard
Math
class. Here is an example that creates a
static
method:
