java - Are values returned by static method are static? -

please consider code

public class utilities {      public static myclass getmyclass()      {           myclass cls = new myclass();           return cls;      } } 

will static method return new instance of myclass every time called? or going return reference same instance on , over?

declaring method static means class method , can called on class without instance (and can't access instance members because there's no object in context use - no this).

look @ code below. expected output:

[1] different [2] same 

if want variable have lifetime of class , return same object every time declare variable static in class:

public static string getthing(){     string r=new string("abc");//created every time method invoked.     return r; }  private static string sr=new string("abc");//static member - 1 whole class.  public static string getstaticthing(){     return sr; }  public static void main (string[] args) throws java.lang.exception {     string thing1=getthing();     string thing2=getthing();     if(thing1==thing2){         system.out.println("[1] same");     }else{         system.out.println("[1] different");     }      string thing1s=getstaticthing();     string thing2s=getstaticthing();     if(thing1s==thing2s){         system.out.println("[2] same");     }else{         system.out.println("[2] different");     } }