Question

Use the static modifier to declare a
static member, which belongs to the
type itself rather than to a specific
object.

???

My encounter with this static keyword occurred when I defined a variable public int abc. When the value of this variable changed withing the brackets of while, or within the brackets of if, or within the brackets of methods, these changes were not valid, were not reflected, were not know outside the brackets. So just a hit trial. I made the variable static and all problems solved.

But why??

Answer 1

The difference between a static and a non-static member (not variable) is that a static member is unique over the whole runtime of a program (i.e. there is only one static member instance) whereas a non-static member is associated with an object instance (i.e. there is a member instance for each instance of the corresponding object). This is in a bit more words what the definition says.

How this all applies to what you wrote in regard to changes not reflected im not too sure – maybe you should post the corresponding code.