<p>Doesn't really seem to make sense to me. Maybe someone can help me understand. It seems kind of silly that I have to switch around the order of my parameters to have this feature.</p>

<p>Because Java allows to invoke a <code>static</code> method in a non-static manner, i.e. on an object of the class. So, if a class has <code>static</code> and <code>non-static</code> methods - <code>method()</code> of same signature, an invocation like this: <code>obj.method()</code> would be ambiguous.</p>

Why can't you have a static and non-static method with the same method signature in Java?

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Because Java allows to invoke a static method in a non-static manner, i.e. on an object of the class. So, if a class has static and non-static methods - method() of same signature, an invocation like this: obj.method() would be ambiguous.