/** An example of a class that defines several class methods.
 **/

public class ClassCounter {

  private static int count = 0;         // a class variable

  public static void increment() {      // class method
    count++;
  }

  public static int getCount() {        // another
    return count;
  }

  public static void main(String argv[]) {

    // The normal way to call class methods, from within the class
    // or from some other class is: 
    //  Classname.methodname( [arguments if any] );

    // Even if I make instances of the class, and call the static
    // methods through the instance references, the results are
    // not going to work the same way that instance methods would.

    ClassCounter[] cArray = new ClassCounter[5];
    for (int i = 0; i < cArray.length; i++ ) {
      cArray[i] = new ClassCounter();
      for (int num = 0; num < 10; num++) {
        cArray[i].increment();
      }
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < cArray.length; i++) {
      System.out.println("cArray[" + i + "] = " + cArray[i].getCount());
    }
    // What is output from the above?
  }
}