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Static class??

Vishnu Sharma
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Can we make any class static?? Or only methods & variables in a class can be static??


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a nested class can be static


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Vishnu Sharma
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Devaka Cooray wrote:a nested class can be static


I did not get you properly. Can you please, explain a bit more giving any small example??
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Example:

For more information, see: The Java Tutorials - Nested Classes

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