Accessing a static variable via an object reference in Java

Question

Why can we access a static variable via an object reference in Java, like the code below?

public class Static {
    private static String x = \"Static variab         


        

Answer 1

It is not best practice to reference a static variable in that way.

However your question was why is it allowed? I would guess the answer is to that a developer can change an instance member (field or variable) to a static member without having to change all the references to that member.

This is especially true in multi-developer environments. Otherwise your code may fail to compile just because your partner changed some instance variables to static variables.