Static Class In C#

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C# provides the important feature to create static classes, there are two main features of a static class, one is no object of static class can be created and another is, a static class must contain only static members, then it is important that what is the main benefit to create a static class, the main benefit of making static class, we do not need to make any instance of this class ,all members can be accessible with its own name.

Declaration

A static class is created by using keyword 'Static' as shown here:

Static class Clasname
{
   //C#
}

One more thing that is notable-within static class, all members must be explicitly specified as static, static class does not automatically make its members static. Static class can contain a collection of static methods.

Example

using System;
static class Shape {
    public static double GetArea(double Width, double height) {
        return Width * Height;
    }
}
class Ractangle {
    private void GetRactangleArea() {
        Double Area;
        Area = Shape.GetArea(10, 5);
    }
}

Shape is static class, it contain staic function GetArea.Ractangle is other class and with in GetArea function can be access without creating instace of Class Shape.

Although a static class cannot have an instance constructor, it can have a static constructor.