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Static members in Java are associated with the class itself and can be accessed without creating an instance of the class. They include static methods, which can only access static fields, static fields that share the same value across all instances, and static blocks used for initialization before the main method runs. Examples illustrate how to define and use static methods, fields, and blocks in a Java class.

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What are static members of a Java class_

Static members in Java are associated with the class itself and can be accessed without creating an instance of the class. They include static methods, which can only access static fields, static fields that share the same value across all instances, and static blocks used for initialization before the main method runs. Examples illustrate how to define and use static methods, fields, and blocks in a Java class.

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What are static members of a Java class?

Java 8 Object Oriented Programming Programming

In Java, static members are those which belongs to the class and you can access these
members without instantiating the class.

The static keyword can be used with methods, fields, classes (inner/nested), blocks.

Static Methods − You can create a static method by using the keyword static. Static methods can
access only static fields, methods. To access static methods there is no need to instantiate the
class, you can do it just using the class name as −

Example

public class MyClass {


Live Demo
public static void sample(){
System.out.println("Hello");
}
public static void main(String args[]){
MyClass.sample();
}
}

Output

Hello

Static Fields − You can create a static field by using the keyword static. The static fields have the
same value in all the instances of the class. These are created and initialized when the class is
loaded for the first time. Just like static methods you can access static fields using the class
name (without instantiation).

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Example
public class MyClass {
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public static int data = 20;
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(MyClass.data);
}
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27
}

Output

20

Static Blocks − These are a block of codes with a static keyword. In general, these are used to
initialize the static members. JVM executes static blocks before the main method at the time of
class loading.

Example

public class MyClass {


Live Demo
static{
System.out.println("Hello this is a static block");
}
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println("This is main method");
}
}

Output

Hello this is a static block


This is main method

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