Difference between static and nonstatic member variables in Java

In the last article, I had explained about some key difference between static and nonstatic methods in Java, and in this part, I'll explain the difference between static and nonstatic member variables in Java. The concept of static remains same, that doesn't change with method or member variables but there are still some subtle details, which every Java programmer should know and understand. As with static methods, a static member variable belongs to a class and a non-static member variable belongs to an instance. This means, the value of a static variable will be same for all instances, but the value of a non-static variable will be different for different objects. That is also referred as the state of objects. The value of nonstatic member variable actually defines the state of objects.

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