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A method that has static keyword is known as static method. In other words, a method that belongs to a class rather than an instance of a class is known as a static method. We can also create a static method by using the keyword static before the method name. The main advantage of a static method is that we can call it without creating an object. It can access static data members and also change the value of it. It is used to create an instance method. It is invoked by using the class name. The best example of a static method is the main() method. Following is the example of static method.
![\begin{lstlisting}
public class Display {
public static void main(String[] arg...
...em.out.println(''It is an example of static method.'');
}
}
\end{lstlisting}](img396.svg)
Output:
