static&protected

[muralik krishnam]

A static variable is available to the entire class.
A protected variable is available to the classes in the same package and sub classes in other packages.

what happenes if the variable is both static and protected?

[Peter Chase]

Originally posted by muralik krishnam:
A static variable is available to the entire class.

"static" has nothing to do with access control.

A static field or method is used without reference to an instance of the class. A non-static field or method can only be used through a reference to an instance of the class.

"protected" is an access modifier.

So "static" and "protected" are totally different and asking the difference between them is like asking the difference between "fast" and "blue".