Hello everyone and my first question

[htetnaing]

Hi everyone,

I'm newbie so umm forgive me if i'm wrong or something. I would love to ask all of you a question which has been bothering me since I started to learn Java. When we call a method in Java , people refers it to as passing a message. What if a particular method is static method ?? As far as I know, passing a message means a communication between to objects so if we call a method of class then we ain't creating any instance of object. So , in that kind of case, can we still refer to it as passing a message ?? I know this question is stupid but I can't find the right term for this process. Have a nice day, everyone.

[subrahmanyam.adapa]

Hi,
A static method is called without creating instance ( A separate allocated memory) but it is stored in some particular common memory , so you can still call the refering to static method as Passing a message.

[toadaly]

The accepted terminology is "method invocation", not "passing a message". Maybe that helps alleviate the confusion?

[Steve11235]

I haven't heard the term "messaging" a method for at least 10 years. There was a reason for it back then, but I don't even remember what it was.

I mostly hear "invoking" or "calling".