只有嵌套类可以是静态的。通过这样做，您可以使用嵌套类而无需外部类的实例。

class OuterClass {
    public static class StaticNestedClass {
    }

    public class InnerClass {
    }

    public InnerClass getAnInnerClass() {
        return new InnerClass();
    }

    //This method doesn't work
    public static InnerClass getAnInnerClassStatically() {
        return new InnerClass();
    }
}

class OtherClass {
    //Use of a static nested class:
    private OuterClass.StaticNestedClass staticNestedClass = new OuterClass.StaticNestedClass();

    //Doesn't work
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass = new OuterClass.InnerClass();

    //Use of an inner class:
    private OuterClass outerclass= new OuterClass();
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass2 = outerclass.getAnInnerClass();
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass3 = outerclass.new InnerClass();
}

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关于嵌套类的Oracle教程

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Java:静态与非静态内部类 Java内部类和静态嵌套类

In addition to how Java defines static inner classes, there is another definition of static classes as per the C# world [1]. A static class is one that has only static methods (functions) and it is meant to support procedural programming. Such classes aren't really classes in that the user of the class is only interested in the helper functions and not in creating instances of the class. While static classes are supported in C#, no such direct support exists in Java. You can however use enums to mimic C# static classes in Java so that a user can never create instances of a given class (even using reflection) [2]:

public enum StaticClass2 {
    // Empty enum trick to avoid instance creation
    ; // this semi-colon is important

    public static boolean isEmpty(final String s) {
        return s == null || s.isEmpty();
    }
}

如果使用静态类的好处是不实例化对象并使用方法，那么只需将类声明为公共，并将此方法声明为静态。

如上所述，一个类不能是静态的，除非它是另一个类的成员。

如果你想要设计一个“不能有多个实例”的类，你可能想要研究一下“单例”设计模式。

这里是初学者单例信息。

警告:

如果您正在考虑使用 单例模式，抵制与所有 你的可能。这是最简单的方法之一 设计模式来理解，可能 最受欢迎的，绝对是 大多数滥用。 (来源:JavaRanch，如上图所示)

您可以通过声明一个没有实例的enum类型来创建一个实用程序类(它不能创建实例)。也就是说，你明确地声明没有实例。

public enum MyUtilities {;
   public static void myMethod();
}

只有嵌套类可以是静态的。通过这样做，您可以使用嵌套类而无需外部类的实例。

class OuterClass {
    public static class StaticNestedClass {
    }

    public class InnerClass {
    }

    public InnerClass getAnInnerClass() {
        return new InnerClass();
    }

    //This method doesn't work
    public static InnerClass getAnInnerClassStatically() {
        return new InnerClass();
    }
}

class OtherClass {
    //Use of a static nested class:
    private OuterClass.StaticNestedClass staticNestedClass = new OuterClass.StaticNestedClass();

    //Doesn't work
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass = new OuterClass.InnerClass();

    //Use of an inner class:
    private OuterClass outerclass= new OuterClass();
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass2 = outerclass.getAnInnerClass();
    private OuterClass.InnerClass innerClass3 = outerclass.new InnerClass();
}

来源:

关于嵌套类的Oracle教程

关于同一话题:

Java:静态与非静态内部类 Java内部类和静态嵌套类