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3.8.static
	3.8.1.	static variable and method
	3.8.2.	Declare and uses a static counter variable
	3.8.3.	An example of illegal access of a nonstatic variable from a static method
	3.8.4.	Accessing Static Methods and Variables
	3.8.5.	Use the dot operator on the class name, as opposed to using it on a reference to an instance
	3.8.6.	An example of a redefined static method
	3.8.7.	static features is part of a class, not individual instance of the class.
	3.8.8.	You can reference a static variable via a reference to any instance of the class.
	3.8.9.	Static methods are not allowed to use the nonstatic features of their class.
	3.8.10.	A static method must specify which instance of its class owns the variable or executes the method.
	3.8.11.	Static Initializers
	3.8.12.	Non-static methods may access both static and non-static variables.
	3.8.13.	Nested classes can be declared static, in which case they belong to the class as a whole, not any particular instance.

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