Java Programming: Difference between Public void and Public Static void?

You can call static methods just by using class name, without actually having an instance of that class.

For example,

MyClass.DoSomething();

With a method that is not static you'd have to do something like this:

MyClass obj = new MyClass();

obj.DoSomething();

BUT static methods do not have access to any instance variables.

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Java Programming: Difference between Public void and Public Static void?

Hello i have been taking it slowly learning Java for the past week or so and ive been making my own little programs to help me to learn it as i go along and somthing that has been in the back of my mind is What is the different between Public Void and Public Static void..

so, this is a method...

Static Void

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Not exactly sure what you're asking, but the main difference I see is that the first is an instance method and the second is static. You haven't provided info on the classes that these methods go with, but in the first case you need an actual instance of that class (say a JPanel), and then you call the paint method, passing in a graphics object like myPanel.paint(g). However, in the second one, you don't need an instance of the class since the method is static. So you do this by calling the class name and the method. In this case, it might be used to put something into the graphics object. I don't know what "drawMan" means, but take literally, one might expect this method to take the Graphics object passed in and draw a stick figure man at the point (xpos,ypos). It would not be drawing to a Panel or Canvas because there's no instance to draw on - so I'm guessing the only object to affect is the Graphics one passed in.

If I recall correctly, 'static' refers to the non-instantiated object (a class), thus 'classname'.staticMethod will call it a method from a class file. This is away from the object oriented nature of Java.

However, a method without 'static' is bound in the instantiation of its class (an object). 'objectname'.method will call it.

Don't quote me on it though! Someone else could also be of help I'm sure.

You dont have to create an instance of the class before calling a static function, it roughly equates to a global function / variable / class

(nonstatic method)

myClass a = new myClass();

a.DoFunction();

(static method)

myClass.DoFunction();

Can you give more details?