getting static method error- but it's not static!

[MissouriTiger]

It's me again, with another compiler mystery...

The method below is generating the following compiler error message, but as you can see it's NOT a static method. Any suggestions??

non-static method getUser(java.lang.String) cannot be referenced from a static context

 

[wushutwist]

You are trying to call the method without first instantiating the object. For Example:
Wrong Way:

Object.toString(); // Will return same compiler error

Correct Way:

Object obj = new Object();
obj.toString(); // Works fine

Solution:
Either create your object first or if the method needs to be "globally" accessible then make it static. Remember static methods may only access static instance variables. Wushutwist

 

[LeonTang]

Wushutwist, you are half right. What he did was access a non-static method from a static method, which you can't do so.

What you can do is either change all your methods to static or to non-static. This case, it wouldn't make you confuse so easily. Remember static methods can ONLY access static variables/methods. Non-static methods can access static variables/methods AND non-static variables/methods.

Regards,
Leon If you need additional help, you can email to me at zaoliang@hotmail.com I don't guaranty that I will be able to solve your problems but I will try my best

 

[MissouriTiger]

Actually, I was not trying to access a non-static method from a static method. The method was NOT static, which was the source of my confusion. I meant to paste in my code so you could see that, but I neglected to do so.

I don't even remember what happened now, except that my code had a few errors which were confusing the compiler, but the keyword static was not in my code.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[wushutwist]

I'm going to make the guess that you were trying to access a non-static method from main(). Main is static so this would be a no-no. Wushutwist