A static method in Java is a method that belongs to a class rather than an instance of a class. This means you can call a static method without creating an object of the class. Static methods are sometimes called class methods. Here are some key features of static methods:

• They are part of a class rather than an instance of that class.
• They can be accessed without creating an instance of the class.
• They have access to class variables (static variables) without using the classs object (instance) .
• Only static data may be accessed by a static method.

Static methods can be used to create utility classes that contain general-purpose methods, and they can be used to enforce encapsulation since they can only be called from within the class in which they are defined. To create a static method in Java, you use the static keyword. Here is an example of how to create a static method in Java:

public class MyClass {
  public static void myStaticMethod() {
    System.out.println("Static methods can be called without creating objects");
  }
  public void myPublicMethod() {
    System.out.println("Public methods must be called by creating objects");
  }
}

In this example, myStaticMethod() is a static method, while myPublicMethod() is a non-static method. You can call myStaticMethod() without creating an object of the class, but you must create an object of the class to call myPublicMethod() .