the `static` keyword, in programming languages, is used to define a function/method or field/property as bound to the context of a type/class, but not to any specific instance. Unlike constants, static properties can usually be changed at runtime.
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How to overcome static referencing errors in Java/basic programming?
Someone posted a question on http://math.stackexchange.com earlier because their program to tranpose a matrix wasn't working. I copied the code they posted (which was just the transpose method) and ...
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Using static methods? [closed]
I am working on a ASP.NET web application and there was recently a need to dynamically generate columns.
I created a static class ColumnBuilder.cs, which takes in an entity and returns an appropriate ...
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Could my object use static methods? Anything I need to do to make the code better?
With the Zend coding convention in the back of my mind, I have set this up.
It lets you communicate with the API of the vendor TargetSMS. They allow you to bill customers trough SMS. For now I've ...
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Using UnitOfWork/Repository pattern in static class/methods
I know using a UnitOfWork/Repository pattern in a normal class should work fine without any issues but how about using them in a static class/methods (I mean using a private static IUnitOfWork ...
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A decent use-case for static property
I'm currently writing a REST-tool that connects to a third-party server (duh). They offer a fairly large (if not too large) API in a single wsdl file, as well as separate wsdl's for each specific part ...
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Java reflection and static classes
I try to intercept some OpenGL calls for testing my rendering classes. Reflection is used for replacing the OpenGL backend.
I feel this class is badly written and I need advices for refactoring it.
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Handle static objects using custom adapter
I have read some articles discussing about why static is bad, some of them refering static as not-testable, non-mockable, has state (non-stateless) and everything else.
However I have encountered ...
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Static variable in method vs private class property
I have a class with a method that will be called multiple times over an object's lifetime to perform some processing steps. This method operates on a mixture of immutable (does not change over the ...
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How to make static methods testable?
I am creating an application which will be testable(unit + integration). In this application I have a FileHelper static class,
public static class FileHelper
{
public static void ...
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Is static method calls to a server a Java bad code smell?
I'm developing an Android app that performs several requests to a server using the AndroidAsynchronousHttpClient. One of these requests (as an example) is responsible to send the username and ...
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PHP my way of threating static classes
A few days ago I've faced an annoying problem.
Let's imagine we have 3 classes: Base, System, Handler.
The classes Systen and Handler both inherit from the class Base.
I want to access those classes ...
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Using static for class default properties
I have made a class for generating html form elements:
class input
{
public $tag = 'input', $type = 'text', $customClass, $name;
public function __construct(array $cfg){
if ( ...
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PHP: multilingual Time::since() static class
I didn't make the math myself since I'm an idiot. I did however try to make it more versatile and usable for my multilingual page, which involves making it simple to use for advanced plural forms such ...
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Configuring toString via a public static variable
Sometimes I need toString() to be quite verbose, normally I don't. It can't be nicely solved by using other methods as toString() is what gets shown in debugger (and also in the logs unless I call ...
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What's wrong with static utility classes, versus beans?
My inclination is to make these methods static:
package net.bounceme.dur.usenet.driver;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.mail.Folder;
import javax.mail.Message;
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`Static inheritance` pattern
I have an abstract class Entity in my code, which requires a reference to an instance of EntityData to operate. (EntityData provides basic information about the type of the entity).
In the design of ...
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Static methods or singleton?
I have class that handles HTTP requests:
public final class RestHttpClient {
/*there is no fields*/
/**
* @param mhttp - HTTP request that need to send
* @return HttpResponse, ...
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Unit testing legacy code with static classes
I am adding new functionality into a legacy application. For my new classes I have introduced Unit Testing. I still need to work with the existing code.
One of the problems I face is that a lot of ...
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What is a good naming convention for static class variables?
Member variables of objects are often prefixed m_ (m_bIsInitialized, m_wpszName, and so on.)
What about static variables that belong to a class? I have also treated them like member variables, but is ...
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Static variable Current in Application
I was finding myself frequently calling getApplication() and casting it as MyApplication so that I could call a method in MyApplication. I decided to declare the static variable Current in ...
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Component functions - static vs. OO?
I'm writing a small PHP framework to help me develop Web applications. The framework is split into numerous components, each of which are automatically loaded according to the configuration settings. ...
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How can I improve this code without using static or singleton?
I used to use static or singleton for my DAL class. However, I read some articles saying that singleton is evil and should be avoided. Therefore I try to rewrite my code like this:
public class ...
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Getting and setting a static variable
[Bindable]
public class ProductsCache
{
private static var _products:ArrayCollection;
public function get products():ArrayCollection{
return _products;
}
public function set ...
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Static class member destruction in C++
I have a basic cache set up. Whenever a user requests a bitmap, it fetches or loads it from disk if it isn't already loaded, significantly reducing load times.
Currently, the design explicitly tells ...
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Staticton (Single static classes) in PHP [closed]
I know singletons are held in poor regard, but as I am writing my web app I feel like some completely static classes would be helpful.
Of course, not much should be static, but what about things ...
