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Title: Invoke a Method: Clarify how the first argument works for static methods by Maia-Everett · Pull Request #117 · Together-Java/ModernJava · GitHub

Open Graph Title: Invoke a Method: Clarify how the first argument works for static methods by Maia-Everett · Pull Request #117 · Together-Java/ModernJava

X Title: Invoke a Method: Clarify how the first argument works for static methods by Maia-Everett · Pull Request #117 · Together-Java/ModernJava

Description: When calling a static method reflectively, the first argument does not actually need to be the class object. The first argument is ignored, and official documentation points out you can pass null.

Open Graph Description: When calling a static method reflectively, the first argument does not actually need to be the class object. The first argument is ignored, and official documentation points out you can pass null.

X Description: When calling a static method reflectively, the first argument does not actually need to be the class object. The first argument is ignored, and official documentation points out you can pass null.

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