Why are static variables considered evil?

Question

I am a Java programmer who is new to the corporate world. Recently I\'ve developed an application using Groovy and Java. All through the code I wrote used quite a good numbe

Answer 1

There are 2 main problems with static variables:

• Thread Safety - static resources are by definition not thread-safe
• Code Implicity - You do not know when a static variables is instantiated and whether or not it will be instantiated before another static variable