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    The static keyword in Java is used for memory management and can be applied to variables, methods, blocks, and nested classes. Static variables and methods belong to the class rather than objects. A static variable is initialized when the class is loaded and shared among all instances, saving memory compared to instance variables which are initialized for each object. Static blocks are used to initialize static variables and are executed when the class is loaded before the main method.

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    The static keyword in Java is used for memory management and can be applied to variables, methods, blocks, and nested classes. Static variables and methods belong to the class rather than objects. A static variable is initialized when the class is loaded and shared among all instances, saving memory compared to instance variables which are initialized for each object. Static blocks are used to initialize static variables and are executed when the class is loaded before the main method.

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    The static keyword in Java is used for memory management and can be applied to variables, methods, blocks, and nested classes. Static variables and methods belong to the class rather than objects. A static variable is initialized when the class is loaded and shared among all instances, saving memory compared to instance variables which are initialized for each object. Static blocks are used to initialize static variables and are executed when the class is loaded before the main method.

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    static keyword in java

    • The static keyword in Java is used for memory


    management mainly. We can apply static
    keyword with variables, methods, blocks and
    nested classes. The static keyword belongs to
    the class than an instance of the class.
    • The static can be:
    • Variable (also known as a class variable)
    • Method (also known as a class method)
    • Block
    • Nested class
    Java static variable

    • If you declare any variable as static, it is known


    as a static variable.
    • The static variable can be used to refer to the
    common property of all objects (which is not
    unique for each object), for example, the
    company name of employees, college name of
    students, etc.
    • The static variable gets memory only once in the
    class area at the time of class loading.
    • It makes your program memory efficient (i.e., it
    saves memory).
    Relevance of static:

    • Suppose there are 500 students in my college, now all instance data members will
    get memory each time when the object is created. All students have its unique
    rollno and name, so instance data member is good in such case. Here, "college"
    refers to the common property of all objects. If we make it static, this field will get

    the memory only once .

    • Java static property is shared to all objects.


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    Since instance variable gets the memory at the time of object creation, each object will have the
    copy of the instance variable. If it is incremented, it won't reflect other. So each object will have
    the value 1 in the count variable. static variable will get the memory only once, if any object
    changes the value of the static variable, it will retain its value.
    Java static method

    • If you apply static keyword with any method, it is


    known as static method.
    • A static method belongs to the class rather than the
    object of a class.
    • A static method can be invoked without the need for
    creating an instance of a class.
    • A static method can access static data member and
    can change the value of it.
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    Ex: static method


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    Java static block

    • Is used to initialize the static data member.


    • It is executed before the main method at the time of class loading
    • Can we execute a program without main() method?
    • Ans) No, one of the ways was the static block, but it was possible till JDK 1.6.
    Since JDK 1.7, it is not possible to execute a Java class without the main method.

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