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The static keyword is used to create fields and methods that can be accessed without having to make an instance of the class. Static (class) members only exist in one copy, which belongs to the class itself, whereas instance (non-static) members are created as new copies for each new object. This means that static methods cannot use instance members since these methods are not part of an instance. On the other hand, instance methods can use both static and instance members.
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© 2013 Mikael Olsson
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Olsson, M. (2013). Static. In: Java Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6287-9_11
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