Java/Class/abstract class

Can you call a static method of an abstract class

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/**

* Can you call a static method of an abstract class?
* @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/
* @version $Id: AbstractStatic.java,v 1.4 2004/02/09 03:33:53 ian Exp $
*/

public abstract class AbstractStatic {

 public static void main(String[] argv) {
   //+
   System.out.println("Hello. The answer is yes.");
   // The following is redundant, since we got in here!
   AbstractStatic.foo();
   //-
 }
 public static void foo() {
   System.out.println("Hello from foo. The answer is still yes.");
 }
 /* And if you think about it, of course non-abstract static
  * methods of an abstract class can be called. Isn"t this
  * how most "factory methods" work?
  */

}

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