This example introduces top-level class C with static field f, static method m(), a static initializer, and static member class D. Notice that D is a member of C .

Here is a quote from Absolute Java, 1st Ed, by Walter Savitch:"Note that with a static method, the class name serves the same purpose as a calling object. (It would be legal to create an object of ...

Java’s main function. Java’s main method is composed of six terms — three reserved words, the main method name, a reference type and a variable name: public – Java’s main function requires a public ...

According to the Java Enhancement Proposal 445: …these changes allow us to write Hello, World! with no access modifiers, no static modifiers, and no String[] parameter, so the introduction of these ...

To build a method, we use a number of statements to define that method. In the previous example: Public – Means that the method is accessible to other classes outside of this one ...