Static Methods

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Static methods and properties are defined on the class/constructor itself, not on instance objects. These are specified in a class definition by using the static keyword.

class MyClass {
    static myStaticMethod() {
        return 'Hello';
    }

    static get myStaticProperty() {
        return 'Goodbye';
    }
}

console.log(MyClass.myStaticMethod()); // logs: "Hello"
console.log(MyClass.myStaticProperty); // logs: "Goodbye"

We can see that static properties are not defined on object instances:

const myClassInstance = new MyClass();

console.log(myClassInstance.myStaticProperty); // logs: undefined

However, they are defined on subclasses:

class MySubClass extends MyClass {};

console.log(MySubClass.myStaticMethod()); // logs: "Hello"
console.log(MySubClass.myStaticProperty); // logs: "Goodbye"

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