[CaptainMorgan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bugger

I am in need of an advice. I am designing my application and want to know when to use abstract class with static methods?

Abstract calls cannot be instantiated. If I don't declare the methods in Abstract class static, how can I call them?

Thanks.
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If I understand your question correctly, you simply need to extend the abstract class.

Code:

public abstract class AbstractExample {
  public static void foo() {
    System.out.println("Static foo called.");
  }
  
  public void bar() {
    System.out.println("Non-static bar called.");
  }  
}

Code:

public class AbstractCaller extends AbstractExample {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    AbstractCaller ac = new AbstractCaller();
    ac.foo();
    ac.bar();
  }      
}

Output:
Static foo called.
Non-static bar called.

Hope this helps, see this Sun topic for more info.