Why methods in an interface cannot be static?

[cbalu]

Why is this so?

[asifsolkar]

methods in interface are abstract by nature which means the class that implements this interface has to write the code for it hence it is not static

[staykovmarin]

Why WOULD you want them to be static? You can only have one static method in one place, having an interface, pretty much means that it is DESIGNED to be implemented, therefore, to be used by more than one class. If its overridden, and its static, static would looses its meaning, since more than one class are going to contain a single method, that does different things, but its implemented from the same interface.

What in the world made you think this was an Advanced topic?