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Static fields on a null reference in Java

I am new to Java. I know if any object point to and if we try to perform any operation on that object, a Nullpointer exception is thrown by JVM. But in my case there is no Nullpointer exception please help me ?. Below is my code

public class Employee
{

     public static String empName = "John"

     public static void main(String args[])
     {
           Employee emp = new Employee();    
           emp = null;
           System.out.println(emp.empName);
      }   
}

It prints John as output even emp object is pointion to null. But I am expecting a nullpointer exception.

Answer 1

because field is static.
In your case emp.empName equals to Employee.empName