is this true?

[geet kaur]

a public static method in a class can be called by its subclass wihtout explicitly refreing to the class???
if true then help me undersatnd this
thanks in advance!!!

[Henry Wong]

Originally posted by geet kaur:
a public static method in a class can be called by its subclass wihtout explicitly refreing to the class???
if true then help me undersatnd this
thanks in advance!!!

Well, have you actually tried it? It just takes a few minutes to write a test program.

Henry

[Rekha Srinath]

Yes. Its because static methods cannot be overridden. And since the subclass actually HAS the superclass, ie.Superclass's methods are a part of the subclass, and since there is only one copy of the static method, you can call the static method in the subclass without the parent's object.

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Originally posted by geet kaur:
a public static method in a class can be called by its subclass wihtout explicitly refreing to the class???
if true then help me undersatnd this
thanks in advance!!!

hmmm...also public is not necessary...