On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 11:11:24 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I think it wouldn't make any difference calling static methods via an >> instance variable or directly with class name. > > Yes, the same method would be called. Yet the difference is in the semantics: > the instance variable isn't used when calling a static method, it can be null > and it doesn't throw NullPointerException in this case. > > The IDE raises a warning for such a usage. _You should use class name when > calling static methods._ It's just cleaner: the reader would see right away > it's a static method (without relying on the IDE syntax highlighting) rather > than an instance method. > > Please revert these two lines to using the class name to call the static > methods. Yeah sure, updated. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8721
