abstract method

[samit majumdar]

Can a abstract method have a static qualifier?

[Jesper de Jong]

Try it out and see what the compiler says.

[John Grath]

No is the answer but the abstract class can have implemented static methods.

[Rob Spoor]

It wouldn't make sense now would it? Static methods are not inherited the same way as regular methods are. When you redefine it in a sub class you're not actually overriding it. Instead, you're shadowing it.

As there is no way of implementing the method in a sub class there will never be an implementation.

[sudhir nim]

Simply, No