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On 10/23/2011 6:32 AM, Linus Flustillbe wrote:

> I understand the concept of overloading methods... I haven't done much
> Java in few years so I'm taking a refresher by going through the Java


More on overloading:
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html>


> Tutorial.  What does adding the "static" modifier to the import
> statement do?  Since the methods in the rType class are already defined
> as being static (only one instance no matter how many times the class is
> instantiated ... see I read up on that)  why do we need the modifier
> except to make the code compile?  Or is that the only reason.. because
> Java needs it?


By default "import" brings in class definitions, not the members of the 
class.  So

   import helperClasses.rType;

would import the class, and you'd have to use

   rType.isBetween( x, y, z);

C.f. that link Peter gave you, which uses this style of static method 
access.  "Import static" is a special import syntax that imports only 
the static members of rType, not the class definition, so that you can 
use its static methods and fields "bare," without a class name as a 
qualifier.  It's a convenience for typing (and reading), nothing else.