Static Methods/Fields

Question 1

How are static methods and fields accessed
Ex: Class MyClass contains static methods and fields

Answer 1

Static methods and fields are accessed via their class name
Ex: MyClass.field or MyClass.method()

Question 2

Static data fields can be directly accessed by what type of methods?

Answer 2

Both static and non-static methods

Question 3

Which type of fields can a static method directly access?

Answer 3

Static methods can only access static fields directly, without the help of a reference variable

Question 4

What happens if static fields, int, boolean, reference-variable or char are not initialized?

Answer 4

They are initialized with default variables:
int = 0
boolean = false
reference-variable = null
char = “ “