what is the difference between Static method and the method we write in Clas

[saneha]

What is the difference between Static method and the method we write in Class definition?

Why Static method can not be called using Object of a class?

[Vuhelper]

The instance variables and methods belong to an object of a class whereas static data members and methods are associated with class and are not tied to any object. There will be only single copy of static data member inside a class. The static data members are shared by all the objects of class. The static methods can not only be accessed by class but by the objects of a class. The non-staic variable and methods cannot be accessed within static method.

// See the example below

class Employee{
private static int count = 0; //staic variable

public Employee(){
count++ ;
}

// static method
public static void get()
{
System.out.println("The value of count: " + count);
}

} // end of Employee class

// driver class
public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args){

Employee.get(); // calling static method using class

Employee e1 = new Employee();
e1.get() ; // calling static method using an object of class

Employee e2 = new Employee();
e2.get() ; // calling static method using an object of class

} // end of main

} // end of class