public static int parseInt(String s) throws NumberFormatException { … } Instance method of a particular object instance. Sometimes we need a way to refer to a method of an existing object instance.

Static – Means that the method belongs to the class and not the instance of the class Void – Means that the method does not return a value If none of that makes any sense to you, don’t worry!

The problem is that after ignoring the issue, Generator also invalidate the whole type because it contains invalid methods. EXEC : warning BG8503: Invalidating Java.Util.IMap and all nested types ...

When adding a static method to an interface (java 8) for using in an expression the decorator created will try to override it and calling it using the mapper interface instance given to the decorator.