In Java, are variables declared inside static methods themselves static?

Question

Assume the following:

private static boolean A()
{
  int parsedUntil = 0;
  ...
  ...
  ...
}

Is parsedUntil considered to be a static variable? I noticed that I can't declare it as static inside this static function.

Follow-up question: I read that a static variable will only be initialized once. Does that mean the first time I call function A() the value will be set to zero, but every other time I call A(), that row is omitted?

Answer 1

No, it's not a static variable. It's a local variable. Any variable declared in a method is a local variable. If you want a static variable, you have to declare it outside the method:

private static int parsedUntil = 0;

There's no way of declaring a static variable which can only be used within a single method.

Answer 2

no, A() is a static method, and parsedUntil is a local variable inside A.

Modifiers like static are not valid in local variables (only final is permitted afaik)

Follow-up question: I read that a static variable will only be initialized once.

true

Does that mean the first time I call function A() the value will be set to zero, but every other time I call A(), that row is omitted?

since parsedUntil is not a static field, but a local variable in a static method, this is not the case.