Read the passage given below

Question

"Each instance variable is contained in an object. It can be accessed only if you have a reference to that object. No such reference is available to a static method."
I dont get the line -if u have a reference to that object
Please explain it.

Answer 1

if this is about class variables.
it means that variable that are not declared static can be accessed by using an object(instance) of the class.
ie: object.var
static variables can be accessed without an object
ie: ClassName.var
i'm not sure about the context of your post, so I could be off topic.

Answer 2

Would it probably make a better sense if we replace "have a reference to" by "have access to"?