what is the process if i make a object as static?

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what is the process if i make a object as static?
can i do this?
when i make a constructor as static a object for that call becomes static..
so what happens to to the instance variables?
what are the advantages of this design and its disadvantage?
Is this kind of a design used often?

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posted 22 years ago

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A constructor can not be static.

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And an object can't be static, too. I wouldn't even know what it would mean for an object to be static...

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The word "static" is used because it means "resolved at compile time" (as in NOT dynamic like polymorphism is).
Please be aware that a variable is NOT "equivalent" to an object. The variable can be static, that does not mean that the object that it references is static.

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