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Static methods Vs Instance Methods
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Santhosh Kumar
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Joined: Nov 07, 2000
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If a class does not have any state (that is, it consists of only methods), what is best design approch to follow?
1. Make the methods static. So that users can directly access the methods which out any objects
2. Still make it as instance methods, user should make an object and invoke the methods
Pl refer any document/url regd this design guidelines.
thank you very much
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Bosun Bello
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If you are saying that there will be no reason to create an instance of this class, then you can just make the methods static.
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Bosun (SCJP, SCWCD)
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Ilja Preuss
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Depends.
Static methods aren't polymorphic - they are resolved at compile time by the type of the reference (instead of the type of the referenced object).
Therefore, if you want to use polymorphism, you need to use instance methods - the Strategy design pattern is a good example.
OTOH, if the class provides simple helper methods (like java.lang.Math does), it's probably ok to make the methods static.
Does that help?
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