If Static members are not inheriting then why we can access it using sub class reference

Question

If static members are not inheriting then why we can access it using sub class reference. Like in the given example we should not be able to access static method from class A by using Class A reference.

  package me.addicted.to.java;

    public class B extends A
    {

        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            A.method();
            B.method();
            A a1 = new B();
            B test = new B();
            A arr[] = {a1,test};
            for(int i = 0; i < 2; i ++){
                arr[i].method();
            }
        }

    }
    class A
    {
        static int i = 10;
        static void method(){
            System.out.println("From Hello A");
    }
    }


Output : 

From Hello A

From Hello A

From Hello A

From Hello A

You might look at my answer [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29722682/static-method-behaving-like-other-method-those-can-override/29722779#29722779). It explains why this works. Your compiler/IDE should give you a warning about accessing a static member in a non-static fashion. — Turing85, Jun 07 '15 at 18:15
@yshavit Certainly it's a duplicate. The OP here is mistaken in thinking static members aren't inherited, and so evidently are you. You are both confusing inheritance with overriding. NB the duplicated question doesn't ask what you state. — user207421, Jun 07 '15 at 18:54

ZhongYu · Answer 1 · 2015-06-07T19:05:44.210

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well, static members are inherited, per JLS's jargon - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-8.html#jls-8.4.8

There's an exception - static methods in interfaces are not inherited.

edited Jun 07 '15 at 19:05

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:52

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If Static members are not inheriting then why we can access it using sub class reference

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