While developing Java designers made a Mistake by allowing the static methods to get invoked by instance of a class.<\/p>\n
someVariable.SomeMethod() I expect it to use the value of someVariable. If SomeMethod() is a static method, that expectation is invalid.<\/p>\n
Language spec allows it like VB does and C# doesn’t.<\/p>\n
\r\nclass Base\r\n{\r\n static void foo()\r\n {\r\n System.out.println("Base.foo()");\r\n }\r\n}\r\n\r\nclass Derived extends Base\r\n{\r\n static void foo()\r\n {\r\n System.out.println("Derived.foo()");\r\n }\r\n}\r\n\r\npublic class Test\r\n{\r\n public static void main(String[] args)\r\n {\r\n Base b = new Derived();\r\n b.foo(); \/\/ Prints "Base.foo()"\r\n b = null;\r\n b.foo(); \/\/ Still prints "Base.foo()"\r\n }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While developing Java designers made a Mistake by allowing the static methods to get invoked by instance of a class. someVariable.SomeMethod() I expect it to use the value of someVariable. If SomeMethod() is a static method, that expectation is invalid. Language spec allows it like VB does and C# doesn’t. class Base { static void… Continue reading