HI all,

I have a small doubt regarding statics in JAVA. Consider the following
code.

public Class A
{
   int x=10;

   void printX()
   {
         System.out.println ("x is :" + x);
   }
   public static void main()
   {
        printX();
   }
}

This results in a Compiler error, since the compiler detects that the
non-static ( uses instance variables) method printX() is used in static
context (static void main()). This is OK.

Using the same concept the following code must also report a Compiler
error. But it works

public Class A
{
   int x=10;

   void printX()
   {
         System.out.println ("x is :" + x);
   }
   public static void main()
   {
        Class a = new A();
        a.printX(); // works fine ??????????
   }
}

Can anyone please explain how ?

Regards,
Sarathy