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Do I have to use class name instead of instance name when trying to access a static member?

 
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I wanted to try an example of my book, here is the code:-



In a second file:-


I got this message after trying to compile to the code (using NetBeans)
:-

 
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You don't have to, but you should:

Class variables are referenced by the class name itself, as in

Bicycle.numberOfBicycles

This makes it clear that they are class variables.

Note: You can also refer to static fields with an object reference like

myBike.numberOfBicycles

but this is discouraged because it does not make it clear that they are class variables.


(source: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/classvars.html)
 
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