What is Static Classing Envoirment

[tomherry]

Hi,
What is the meaning of static classing environment in java

[sr71000]

Static attributes/methods are methods of the class as opposed to the object.

Suppose you have a class called "MyClass" with the static attributes "myStatic1" and "myStatic2" and two nonstatic attributes "myRegular1" and "myRegular2"

public class MyClass
{
  static int myStatic1, myStatic2;
  int myRegular1, myRegular2;
}

now you create an object of type MyClass

public static void main()
{
  MyClass myObject = new MyClass();

  MyClass.myStatic1; //valid statement
  MyClass.myRegular1; //invalid statement

  myObject.myStatic1; //invalide statement
  myObject.myRegular1; //valid statement
}

you notice main is a static method....it's a method that's run without ever having an object created!