Here is a quote from Absolute Java, 1st Ed, by Walter Savitch:<BR>"Note that with a static method, the class name serves the same purpose as a calling object. (It would be legal to create an object of ...

In this blog post, I look at the concept of Java synthetic methods. The post summarizes what a Java synthetic method is, how one can be created and identified, and the implications of Java synthetic ...

Q: When would you create static methods as opposed to instance methods? I understand that static methods allow you to use those methods without having to create an instance of that class, and that ...

In this post, we will learn how to call a method in Java. This is a useful “chunk” of code that you can call from anywhere else in your program, thus preventing you from needing to write out the same ...

This article is excerpted from Rails for Java Developers, by Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland, with permission of The Pragmatic Programmers. All rights reserved ...

In Java, you can have a section of code inside a class definition that looks like this:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">code:</font><HR><pre><BR> static {<BR ...