Calling static method on a class?

Question

Say, I have a reference to a Class object with SomeType having a static method. Is there a way to call that method w/o instantiating SomeType first? Preferably not escaping strong typing.

EDIT: OK, I've screwed up.

interface Int{
    void someMethod();
}

class ImplOne implements Int{
    public void someMethod() {
        // do something
    }
}

Class<? extends Int> getInt(){
    return ImplOne.class;
}

In this case someMethod() can't be static anyways.

Answer 1

I'm not sure exactly what the situation is, but if you're looking to execute the static method on a class without knowing the class type (i.e. you don't know it's SomeType, you just have the Class object), if you know the name and parameters of the method you could use reflection and do this:

Class c = getThisClassObjectFromSomewhere();

//myStaticMethod takes a Double and String as an argument
Method m = c.getMethod("myStaticMethod", Double.class, String.class);
Object result = m.invoke(null, 1.5, "foo");