In Java, is there any disadvantage to static methods on a class?

Question

Lets assume that a rule (or rule of thumb, anyway), has been imposed in my coding environment that any method on a class that doesn\'t use, modify, or otherwise need any ins

Answer 1

The performance advantage is likely negligible. Use static methods for anything that's not state dependent. This clarifies the code, as you can immediately see with a static method call that there's no instance state involved.