Benjamin Livshits, V. and Lam, M.S. (2005) Finding Security Vulnerabilities in Java Applications with Static Analysis. USENIX Security Symposium, 14, 18.

If we let static methods access class type parameters, then at that point, they are almost entirely useless. I think all that's left that you couldn't express with a static/class method is... const ...

New issue Closed Closed Don't allow static functions to use non-static methods of the instance it's called from #6897 L4Vo5 opened on May 16, 2023 ...

The reason why global constants in Java use the static and final keywords is because final ensures a variable cannot change, while static ensures only one copy of the constant variable is placed in ...

After reading this section, check out Method References in Java 8 (Toby Weston, February 2014) for more insight into method references in bound and unbound non-static method contexts.

A static class can only have static members — you cannot declare instance members (methods, variables, properties, etc.) in a static class.

For developers interested in getting started with static analysis of Java code, the Checkstyle plugin for Eclipse is a good place to start. The installation is seamless, the configuration is easy and ...