Getting out of static mode

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From: Craig Wilson
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:40

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I've developed a fairly large Java program and started work on it at the
same time I was learning Java a few months ago.  In the program constructor
I simply create and show my main frame.  Turns out that every time I try
calling certain functions from anywhere in the program, I get "non-static
method cannot be referenced from a static context."  The current problem is
that I would like to give a method several tries to read a file, with a
wait() in between, but JBuilder won't let me call the non-static wait() from
a static context.

I still am not completely clear on the static/non-static concept, but wonder
if there's a way to get out of this rut.  Is it that calling my frame from
the program constructor made that frame static?  Is it just me, or is this a
common situation?

Craig

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