Similar to static variables, even methods can be declared static. For example, the accessor and mutator methods of highschool_student class have been declared static.

Ever wonder why Java's const keyword is unimplemented? More specifically, why do we mark global constants in Java with both the static and final keywords? Why are Java constants static and final? The ...

In this step-by-step tutorial, we showed developers how to install the Checkstyle plugin for Eclipse. The plugin lets them take advantage of static code analysis integration in the early stages of the ...

You examined local variables, method parameters, and variable scope. You learned how to add data to classes using instance variables, and how that data is contained in each instance.