Static Classes
Earlier, this chapter discussed static
constructors and how they allowed the initialization of static
member variables. If a class contains nothing but static methods
and properties, the class itself can become static. A static class
is functionally the same as creating a class with a private static
constructor. An instance of
the class can never be created. By using the static keyword, the compiler can help by checking
that instance members are never accidentally added to the class. If
they are, a compile error happens. This can help guarantee that an
instance is never created. The syntax for a static class looks like
this:
An object of type StaticUtilities is not needed to call the
HelperMethod(). The type name is used to
make the call:
