Can Static Method Return Instances Of Same Class In Special Case Where Everything Is Static?
Jun 27, 2014
From what i understand static methods should be called without creating an instance of the same class . If so why would they return an instance of the same class like in the following : public static Location locateLargest(double[][] a) , the Location class being the same class where the method is defined . I don't understand this , does it mean that every field and every method in the class must be static ? Meaning that you cannot have instances of the class because everything is static . Or it's just a mistake and the class Location cannot have a static method: public static Location locateLargest(double[][] a) ?
I am trying to add a field (called special) to a hibernate table. I am copying existing code (related to the NAME field) so I don't have to figure this out from scratch. I am getting the error
"[ERROR] C:VOXvoxware-1.1.13voxwarevoxware-implsrcmainjavacomvoxwareimplflowVoxFlowConfiguration.java:[213,38] error: non-static variable special cannot be referenced from a static context".
Line 213 is in public void mergeFrom, the actual line is "special = VoxFlowConfiguration.special;" I don't understand why Java thinks special is a "non-static" variable but it doesn't have a problem with the other variables (such as name, orderShow)
I use this code in Restlet Representation. I try to get the value from the Request API. But I am facing the problem as "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getQuery() from the type Resource".
I can't figure out what this error message "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getEndUserCharge(long, long, long, long) from the type UpdateUserWS" actually means.
The error is coming from:
public void updateDetailsPackage() { some unrelated code long zero=0; double endUserCharge=0; endUserCharge = UpdateUserWS.getEndUserCharge(long zero, long zero, long zero, long zero); <-------- error is here
I'm working on a banking program that is supposed to use 3 classes (Account-base class, CheckingAccount, and SavingsAccount) and several methods to display the banking information (ID, balance after a withdrawal and deposit, and the annual interest rate). This should be a pretty simple program, but I'm getting hung up on one portion of it. I'm getting some compiler errors, all of which deal with non-static variables being called from a static context (I'll also post these errors following the code). Up until the middle of last week, we just declared everything as static, but that's changed and I'm having trouble figuring out when to and when not to use static when declaring my methods, hence the compiler errors.
import java.util.Date; public class Account { private int id = 0; private double balance = 0; private double annualInterestRate = 0; private Date dateCreated = new Date();
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Here are the compiler errors I am receiving:
Compilation completed. The following files were not compiled: 6 errors found: File: C:UsersHiTechRedneckDesktopSummer II 2014Computer Programming PrincipleProgram 5CheckingAccount.java [line: 7] Error: non-static method getId() cannot be referenced from a static context
I had a TestColor class which contained methods to change hue, saturation, brightness, red, green, blue of TestColor's instances but also had static methods which take in an additional parameter for an instance of TestColor and returns the affected instance of TestColor. Now instead of having one method for every possible color effect to be applied to an image, how can I have one method that takes in an Image parameter, a static or non-static method reference from TestColor parameter and lastly an intensnity value parameter. This is so that I can make an affectedImage object instance inside the method and a Graphics2D object for drawing to each pixel of the new image, now I have one for loop and one nested for loop for the x and y pixels of width and height of the old image and inside the nested for loop I'd create a TestColor by calling getRGB on the image's pixel. Then I would apply the static or non-static method reference somehow to change the color with the intensnity value and after applying it draw to the new Image with Graphics2D. How to would I parametize a method reference and be able to use it in such way?
One class having two method one as static n another as non-static, 2 threads are there t1 is accessing the static method and t2 the non-static method is it possible n both are sharing the same object.
I now we have two kinds of lock one is object level lock and another is class level lock
I am trying to compile the following code where the entry point is Main.java but i am getting the following error "Error non-static method add(int[]) cannot be referenced from a static context in Java " ....
If i add the keyword static in add method of A.java it works properly......
Class Main.java code package com.company; public class Main { public int [] a= new int[]{1,2,3}; public static void main(String[] args) { Main n= new Main();
This is a someway special question, because I am using jmonkeyEngine.
But the topic is simple:
I have 2 classes:
public class Spielbrett extends SimpleApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { Spielbrett app = new Spielbrett(); app.start(); } @Override public void simpleInitApp() {
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as the main class and a second class for the chips:
public class Spielstein { public Spatial stone; public int player; public int team; private AssetManager assetManager = Spielstein.getAM(); //THIS IS THE PROBLEM public Spielstein(int t_player, int t_team){
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My problem is: I can't access getAM() from the first in the second class. If you know why I would be glad for an answer.
Declaring the method as static precludes one from using any sort of object oriented programming, thus the method cannot access instance fields of the object if it needs to.
I created two short classes to sort of find out what this meant, but I feel I do not understand it well enough.
Test class (main):
package votek; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { SomeMethod(); } public static void SomeMethod() { Character character = new Character(); character.totalLevel = 50; System.out.println(character.totalLevel); } }
Character class:
package votek; public class Character { private int level = 0; public Character() { level = 50; } }
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Does it mean that making a static method in the class with private instances will prevent the method from using the private instances?
I’m trying to understand how to decide when to make a nested class static or non-static. These are my assumptions.
1) Make a nested class static if each instance of its enclosing class may have one or more instances of its nested class, for example, a HashMap has a static HashMap.Entry nested class because each HashMap instance may have one or more HashMap.Entry instances
2) Make a nested class non-static if each instance of its enclosing class must have only one instance of its nested class, for example, an AbstractButton has a non-static AbstractButton.Handler nested class because each AbstractButton instance must have only one AbstractButton.Handler instance.
I wrote a code to use static class. But, when I call the class in a outer class but, it gives an error. Is it mandatory to have a static class should have static variables when we declaring them??
public class StaticClassMain { static class Sub{ String str="Example 1"; } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(Sub.str); } }
I am getting an error trying to access a static method of another class...theyre both in the same package, I've tried importing the class.
I've tried to do A b=new A() and then b.evaluate();
Everything that I try I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: B$A Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: B$A at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
Code :
public class A{ public static String evaluate(String op) { } } public class B{ String output=A.evaluate(input); }
A common solution to this problem is to write a utility class whose responsibility is to log information. This class can have a flag that will allow you to turn the logging on and off. In addition you should be able to tell the class how much detail you want in the output. Ultimately, this class will give you the ability to control when information is logged, what information is logged, how often information is logged, and even where the information is logged. And you would be able to control all of this without changing a single line of code!
This type of utility class is commonly written using static methods and is referred to as a static class. In order to use the features of a utility class, the application can access the methods directly by referring the class name, eliminating the need to create an instance of the class in order to execute the methods.
class test { static int i=j; static int j=10; .....
this will give illegal forward reference ....
but this will compile successfully ..
class test { static int i=test1(); static test1() { return 20; } } .....
plz assume we have main method in both cases ..
java would be loading all static members first and would be assigning default values .. and then will be running all the initializers from to bottom ..Why second case is a compile success and not first .. as in second also test1 method is declared after its usage ..
I am trying to call an actionListener which is shown below in my PSVM :
class testMenuItemListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) { getContentPane().removeAll(); createPanel(); getContentPane().add(panel1); //Adding to content pane, not to Frame repaint(); printAll(getGraphics()); //Extort print all content
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I get the following error :
Frame.java:409: error: non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context menuItem1.addActionListener(new testMenuItemListener());
I am trying to call an actionListener which is shown below in my PSVM :
class testMenuItemListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) { getContentPane().removeAll(); createPanel(); getContentPane().add(panel1); //Adding to content pane, not to Frame repaint();
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I get the following error :
Frame.java:409: error: non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context menuItem1.addActionListener(new testMenuItemListener());
I am writing the following program in Java SE 7. It throwing "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static type String" . However if I write parameterised String inside main method as java.lang.String[] args, it compiles fine.
class MainClass<String> { <T> MainClass(T t) { System.out.println(t.getClass().getName()); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("asdasd"); new MainClass<>(""); } }
I mean following programs compile fine in Java SE 7 :
class MainClass<String> { <T> MainClass(T t) { System.out.println(t.getClass().getName()); } public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) { System.out.println("asdasd"); new MainClass<>(""); } }
If i try to make it public void than it say can't call non-static methods inside static(main).if i try to put it into new class and then call it after i fail input it goes into infinite loop.
