Static reference for object

[Vijay maske]

Can I have object reference as static?

class MyClass{
static MyOtherClass myotherclass;

public static void main(String[]args){
myotherclass= new MyOtherClass();
myotherclass.display();
}
}

[Wouter Oet]

Yes you can.

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[Wouter Oet]

And welcome to the JavaRanch.

[Bharath Raja]

Wouter Oet wrote:
Yes you can.

I'm agree with you... But the main behavior of static modifier is available before we instantiate the class, right... then what is the purpose of having reference variable as static...

[Stephan van Hulst]

The singleton pattern is a common example:

class Singleton {
	private static Singleton instance;
	
	public static Singleton getInstance() {
		if (instance == null)
			instance = new Singleton();
			
		return instance;
	}
	
	private Singleton() {
		//
	}
}