Is there a way to find out whether a method is static or non-static?

Question

In java 7 docs, under the section "Method Summary", there are different tabs to filter methods accordingly like Static Methods, Instance Methods, Concrete Methods, Deprecated Methods. Previously this feature was not there. Is there some other way in which I can find visually if a method belongs to one of above categories?

Answer 1

In Java 8 Javadoc, your tabs return.

In Java 7 Javadoc:

• Static Methods have static methodName in the first column
• Instance Methods do not have static in the first column
• Concrete Methods do not have abstract in the first column
• Deprecated have "deprecated" among the text of the second column