Invoking statically imported method with explicit type parameters

Question

This is the follow up of my question here: Weird Java generic.

If I have a code like this:

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Answer 1

I'm pretty sure the answer is no--if you want to use a generic method call, you need an object to call it on (foo.doSomething()). If the method is static, you need the class ( Foo.doSomething() ).

This is even true if you're calling the method from elsewhere in the class itself. If you are working in a non-static method (i.e. in an instance method), you would call this.doSomething().