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Frajola <fra_jo_la@ig.com.br> wrote:
> Friends,

> I think that a static method can be call
> without to criate the instance of the
> class.

> Why?

> Because the compiler identify if the
> class have a static method and create
> that instance of this class?

The JVM creates an object of class "Class" to represent every
class loaded by the JVM.  This instance of Class holds the 
bytecodes for the class itself.  

So, when you use a static method of a class, you're using
the bytecodes stored on the Class object the JVM when it loaded the
class.

This is why you can call static methods of a class even if you haven't
created any instance objects of that class.  Static methods aren't
stored on the instance objects, they're stored on the Class object.


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