When is it considered poor practice to use the static keyword in Java on method signatures? If a method performs a function based upon some arguments, and does not require access to fields that are not static, then wouldn't you always want these types of methods to be static?
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Two questions here 1) A static method that creates objects stays loaded in memory when it is accessed the first time? Isnt this (remaining loaded in memory) a drawback? 2) One of the advantages of using Java is its garbage collection feature - arent we ignoring this when we use static methods?
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