static class

[Prashanth Naidu]

Hey all,
I dont understand why you declare a static class in java? I know static means that there is only one copy and every object does not have its own copy of a static method / field. so isn't static mainly used for fields or methods? Why use static for a class. e.g,: public static class myclass {}
-P

[Thomas Paul]

That is used for inner classes only. It simply means that the inner class can be used without instantiating the outer class.