overriding a static method defined inside a static nested class

Question

I have a old code which is like this-

Public class ABC{
.
.
.

Public static class InnerClass{

    Public static method do something(){
       }
    }
}

I want to override do something() method in the implemented class.

What's the optimized way to do this?

Optimized? In what sense? What are you trying to do? Your question doesn't make sense. — Maroun, Dec 22 '14 at 12:40
I have to give option to customuze the functionality the method do something() is doing currently. So what's the best way I can do it? — Rahul Vedpathak, Dec 22 '14 at 12:43
You cannot override static methods in Java. What do you want to do exactly ? — Serge Ballesta, Dec 22 '14 at 12:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '14 at 12:40

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You can't override a static methods. Only instance methods can be overridden.

answered Dec 22 '14 at 12:40

Eran

Let's say I want to call a non static method from the above static method then what's the optimized way? – Rahul Vedpathak Dec 22 '14 at 12:41
You don't call instance methods from static context, it makes no sense. – meskobalazs Dec 22 '14 at 12:43
you need to create instance of class and then you can call non-static method from that object. That is only way – Panther Dec 22 '14 at 12:43

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