我发现了一个很好的描述，当使用静态方法:

没有硬性的、写得很好的规则来决定什么时候使一个方法静态或非静态，但是有一些基于经验的观察，这不仅有助于使一个方法静态，而且还教会了什么时候在Java中使用静态方法。你应该考虑在Java中让一个方法是静态的:

If a method doesn't modify state of object, or not using any instance variables. You want to call method without creating instance of that class. A method is good candidate of being static, if it only work on arguments provided to it e.g. public int factorial(int number){}, this method only operate on number provided as argument. Utility methods are also good candidate of being static e.g. StringUtils.isEmpty(String text), this a utility method to check if a String is empty or not. If function of method will remain static across class hierarchy e.g. equals() method is not a good candidate of making static because every Class can redefine equality.

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java中的静态方法属于类(而不是类的实例)。它们不使用实例变量，通常从参数中获取输入，对其执行操作，然后返回一些结果。实例方法与对象相关联，并且，顾名思义，可以使用实例变量。

使用静态方法有一些合理的理由:

Performance: if you want some code to be run, and don't want to instantiate an extra object to do so, shove it into a static method. The JVM also can optimize static methods a lot (I think I've once read James Gosling declaring that you don't need custom instructions in the JVM, since static methods will be just as fast, but couldn't find the source - thus it could be completely false). Yes, it is micro-optimization, and probably unneeded. And we programmers never do unneeded things just because they are cool, right? Practicality: instead of calling new Util().method(arg), call Util.method(arg), or method(arg) with static imports. Easier, shorter. Adding methods: you really wanted the class String to have a removeSpecialChars() instance method, but it's not there (and it shouldn't, since your project's special characters may be different from the other project's), and you can't add it (since Java is somewhat sane), so you create an utility class, and call removeSpecialChars(s) instead of s.removeSpecialChars(). Sweet. Purity: taking some precautions, your static method will be a pure function, that is, the only thing it depends on is its parameters. Data in, data out. This is easier to read and debug, since you don't have inheritance quirks to worry about. You can do it with instance methods too, but the compiler will help you a little more with static methods (by not allowing references to instance attributes, overriding methods, etc.).

如果你想创建一个单例，你还必须创建一个静态方法，但是…不喜欢。我的意思是，三思而后行。

更重要的是，为什么不想创建静态方法?基本上，多态被抛在了脑后。你不能重写这个方法，也不能在接口中声明它(在java 8之前)。这给你的设计带来了很大的灵活性。此外，如果您需要状态，如果您不小心，您将以大量并发错误和/或瓶颈告终。

不，静态方法不与实例关联;他们属于这个阶层。静态方法是第二个例子;实例方法是第一个。

实际上，我们在类中使用静态属性和方法，当我们想要使用程序的某些部分时，它们应该一直存在，直到程序运行为止。我们知道，要操作静态属性，我们需要静态方法，因为它们不是实例变量的一部分。如果没有静态方法，操作静态属性是非常耗时的。

静态方法不需要在对象上调用，这就是你使用它的时候。例如:你的Main()是一个静态的，你没有创建一个对象来调用它。