Can I have a non-static data member in a static class?

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I want to know if in a static class, all the methods and data member should be static or can I find a non static members?

No. You can't. It's the purpose main of a static class. Why do you need of it? What are you planning? maybe by showing a bit of your scenery you can get a more right desginer-implementation. — Jack, Sep 28 '12 at 14:56

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '12 at 14:55

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The main features of a static class are:

They only contain static members.

answered Sep 28 '12 at 14:55

RB.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 11 '16 at 11:44

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All members are static. Of course they are, because if you can't instantiate an object from that class, why would there be any non-static members?

edited Nov 11 '16 at 11:44

MC Emperor

answered Sep 28 '12 at 14:56

stealthjong

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '12 at 15:18

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You can have a non-static class with both static and non-static methods but a static class can only have static methods.

answered Sep 28 '12 at 15:18

Jeff

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