What does 'public static void' mean in Java?

Question

What does public static void mean in Java?

I\'m in the process of learning. In all the examples in the book I\'m working from public static void

Answer 1

It means that:

• public - it can be called from anywhere
• static - it doesn't have any object state, so you can call it without instantiating an object
• void - it doesn't return anything

You'd think that the lack of a return means it isn't doing much, but it might be saving things in the database, for example.