What’s the difference between static and object methods? Where and why are they used differently? When do I use which one of those?
What’s the difference between static and object methods? Where and why are they used
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What’s the difference between static and object methods? Where and why are they used differently? When do I use which one of those?
With object methods you need to instantiate the class in order to use the method so say Bark is an object method
Dog myDog = new Dog();
myDog.Bark();
But now let’s say Bark was a static method. I could just do:
Dog.Bark();
So a static method works on a class, not on an object.
Static methods are useful when you’d like to just make a global utility class. That way you don’t need to pass an object around just to use methods on this utility class.