How can a static method access non-static property in java

Can a static method access non static property in java? The simple answer is “No”. But there is an indirect method to do this. Consider the following code:

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/**
 * @author Hafiz Muhammad Umer
 */
public class StatVsNonStat {
    public int i=0;
    public static void change(StatVsNonStat o)
    {
        o.i=100;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        StatVsNonStat obj= new StatVsNonStat();
        System.out.println(obj.i);
        change (obj);
        System.out.println(obj.i);
    }
    
}

Output:

0
100

Explanation:

• The line 12 creates an object. We can not access non static property without having the instance of a class.
• The line 14 passes the object to a static method. The static method will change the non-static variable i which actually belongs to an object.