how to access a non static member from a static method in java?

Question

I have a situation where i have to access a non static member from inside a static method. I can access it with new instance, but current state will be lost as non static me

Answer 1

Maybe you want a singleton. Then you could get the (only) instance of the class from within a static method and access its members.

The basic idea is

public class Singleton {
  private static Singleton instance = null;

  private Singleton() {}

  public static Singleton getInstance() {
    if (instance == null) {
        instance = new Singleton();
    }
    return instance;
  }
}

and then in some static method:

public static someMethod() {
    Singleton s = Singleton.getInstance();
    //do something with s
}