Java: Accessing Static Methods

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Can a non-static method be accessed from a static method? And can a static method be accessed from a non-static method?

Clint Miller · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 01:22:00Z

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A static method can be accessed from a non-static, but not the other way around. If you're inside a static method, you can only access a non-static method if you have an instance of an object on which to call the method.

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 1:22

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Aravind Yarram · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 01:24:25Z

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Can a non-static method be accessed from a static method? No because an object is required to access non-static method and there are chances that an object is not available while accessing a static method
can a static method be accessed from a non-static method? Yes.

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 1:24

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Robert Kolner · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 01:25:46Z

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To access a non-static method, you need to have an instance of an object. If you are inside a static method, then you are not able to call non-static method, because, per definition, you are not "inside" an object (so you don't have any object to call this method on). You can however call non-static methods from static if you have a reference to the object you want to call the non-static method on.

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 1:25

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