CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
Developer
Developer

Reputation: 81

can we use object for accessing for a static member?

As per my knowledge, static members can be accessed directly. But if someone wants to access it by creating object of it, is this possible in Java?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 82

Answers (5)

Sibbo
Sibbo

Reputation: 3914

As the others said, it is possible.

But you shouldn't do it, because it is error prone. Using the class for static access, it is easy to recognize what you meant to do, but if you use the object, one could think, that you want to access a field.

Upvotes: 2

Voo
Voo

Reputation: 30216

Well surely. You can even do the following:

Foo foo = null;
foo.staticMethod();

But it's kind of pointless and will result in warnings.

Upvotes: 1

Saket
Saket

Reputation: 46127

Yes, it is possible, but such a need should ideally NEVER arrive. If it does, check your object design again.

Static methods, by definition, should be accessed via the class reference.

Take a read through this - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/classvars.html

Upvotes: 1

esaj
esaj

Reputation: 16035

To put it shortly, yes, it's possible, but I don't see any reason to do it (if all you want is to access the static member).

Upvotes: 0

jli
jli

Reputation: 6623

Yes it is possible but you'll get a warning for it, and there is absolutely no reason to do so.

Upvotes: 0

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