Difference between static vs non static method in Java

In this article, we will take a look at difference between static and non static method in Java, one of the frequently asked doubt from Java beginner. In fact, understanding static keyword itself is one of the main programming fundamental, thankfully it's well defined in Java programming language . A static method in Java belongs to class, which means you can call that method by using class name e.g. Arrays.equals(), you don't need to create any object to access these method, which is what you need to do to access non static method of a class. Static method are treated differently by compiler and JVM than non static methods, static methods are bonded during compile time, as opposed to binding of non static method, which happens at runtime. Similarly you can not access non static members inside static context, which means you can not use non static variables inside static methods, you can not call non static methods from static ones, all those will result in compile time error. Apart from these significant differences between static and non static methods, we will also take a look at few more points in this Java tutorial, with a code example, which shows some of these differences in action.By the way this is the second article on static method, in first article, we have learned about when to use static method in Java

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