How to call a static method in Java?

Question

Here i have a class named FirefoxPhDriver

public class FirefoxPhDriver extends AbstractWebPhDriver {

    public static FirefoxPhDriver newInstance(
            PhDriverIngredients ingredients) {
        FirefoxPhDriver pd = new FirefoxPhDriver();

        if (pd.verify(ingredients)) {
            return pd;
        }

        return null;
    }
}

As i new to java am not sure how can i call this newInstance method in another class

i tried

FirefoxPhDriver drvr = new FirefoxPhDriver(ingrdients)

But am getting the constuctor FirefoxPhDriver is not visible

your question is "Call a method in another package in java". But in your post you are calling method in same class. — Anil Reddy Yarragonda, May 20 '15 at 07:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '15 at 06:46

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It's just FirefoxPhDriver drvr = FirefoxPhDriver.newIstance(ingrdients).

(Because newInstance is a static method you don't need to create an instance of FirefoxPhDriver to access the method (so no new FirefoxPhDriver(...)).)

answered May 20 '15 at 06:46

thomas.mc.work

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '15 at 06:48

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Simply call FirefoxPhDriver drv = FirefoxPhDriver.newInstance(ingrdients)

answered May 20 '15 at 06:48

Jens

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You actually have no Constructor defined in your FirefoxPhDriver class, but the default Constructor.

But you have a Method defined

public static FirefoxPhDriver newInstance(PhDriverIngredients ingredients)

This method creates a new Instance of the FirefoxPhDriver class.

You can use it like that:

FirefoxPhDriver drvr = FirefoxPhDriver.newInstance(ingredients);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

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answered May 20 '15 at 06:49

B. Kemmer

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 20 '15 at 06:58

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newInstance() method is static method in FirefoxPhDriver class. We can call static members along with Classname.

Use this:

 FirefoxPhDriver.newInstance(ingrdients);

If you want to call methods from other class we should declare those methods as either public or protected or default. We cannot call Private members from other class.

edited May 20 '15 at 06:58

JonasCz

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answered May 20 '15 at 06:51

Anil Reddy Yarragonda

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How to call a static method in Java?

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