eclipse - static keyword by itself in Java -


i know static is.. globally.

so looking through code, better in coding myself. i'm looking through minecraft source code, , interested there in files "tileentity.java" , "entitylist.java". not necessary on there, because manner of programming.

so, have regular class method:

public class entitylist{     public static void addmapping( /* variables dont matter */ ){         //call other methods, unimportant     } } 

after there class imported entitylist , this:

import the.path.to.entitylist; public class tileentity{     static{         addmapping( /* vars */ );         addmapping( /* vars */ );     } } 

now i'm wondering: how work? please let me know if need know more background of code, cannot redistribute file due copyright , stuff. have decompile minecraft if have yourself.

we can't see real code, guess contains static import:

import static the.path.to.entitylist.addmapping; 

or

import static the.path.to.entitylist.*; 

a static import allows referring static field or method of class without having type name of class.

see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/static-import.html more details.


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