"modifier static not allowed here"

[lowbk]

hi guys, need some advice on this fragment of code
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package diabetesclinic;

//importing necessary libraries

public static class TERMMANAGER
{
public Hashtable getall(int x)
{
Hashtable mappinghash = new Hashtable();
//remaining coding here

return mappinghash;
}
}
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i'd placed this java file in a folder named "diabetesclinic" but when I tried compiling, I get "modifier static not allowed here".

is it because i'm not allowed to declare a static class within a package?
or is it because the way i'd declared it is wrong?

 

[kook04]

Classes cannot be declared Static. ------
KJR