Calling method without object

Question

I have built a small (and 3 methods only!) api for myself, and I want to be able to call it like how you would call a method in Powerbot (A Runescape botting tool (I use it, but for programming purposes, not for actual cheating purposes)), without creating an Object of the file you'd require. How would i be able to do this?

Answer 1

You will need to create static methods, so you will need to do something like so:

public class A
{
    public static void foo()
    {
        ...
    }
}

And then, you can call them like so:

public class B
{
    ...
    A.foo();
}

Note however that static methods need to be self contained.

EDIT: As recommended in one of the answers below, you can make it work like so:

package samples.examples
public class Test
{
    public static void A()
    {
        ...
    }
}

And then do this:

import static sample.examples.Test.A;

public class Test2
{
    ...
    A();
}

Answer 2

If you use the static keyword when importing your class, you can use its methods as if they belong to the class you're importing them to. See:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/static-import.html

And of course your "api methods" need to be static as well.