What's the equivalent of C's “static” keyword in Java?

Question

I want to know what could be the equivalent keyword in java which could perform same function as \"Static keyword in C\".. I want to do recursion in java, performing same fu

Answer 1

You can simulate a static class in java as follows:

   /**
     * Utility class: this class contains only static methods and behaves as a static class.
     */

public abstract class Utilities
    {
        // prevent inheritance
        private Utilities()
        {
        }
    // ... all your static methods here
        public static Person convert(string) {...}
    }

This class cannot be inherited (like final because although abstract it has a private constuctor), cannot be instantiated (like static because abstract) so only static methods in it can be called.