Question

How can I call static class’ method.
I have a parent class like

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@XmlRootElement(name = "parent")
public class parent {

    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected String methodName;
    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected MethodCall.Params params;

    public static class member {

        @XmlElement(required = true)
        protected String name;

        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        public void setName(String value) {
            this.name = value;
        }
    }
}

I want to call static class’ (member) getters and setters method.
I tried by calling

parent.member.setName("value")

But it is not working. How can I call the setters and getters method which is in the static class ?

Answer 1

You can not call it like that, because the method with in static nested class is not static function . its instance function.

//Its wrong  
 parent.member.setName("value");

//right way to call
parent.member obj= new parent.member();
obj.setName("value");