Static

Question

can anyone explain static. static int.

Answer 1

Static variables are shared between all class instances (when you change it in one instance, it will change in every other instance of same class).

Answer 2

basically a static variable can be accessed without the need to create an instance of a class and like Ivan G said are shared between all class insurances
eg:

public class my Class
{
public static my Class me;

private String name;

public myClass (String name)
{
me = this;
this.name =name;
}

public String getName ()
{return this.name;
}
}

public class main
{
myClass a = new myClass ("John");

System.out.println (myClass.me.getName ());

}

// output
// John

in the example above I am able to access the getName getter through the static me variable.