Static Member Functions 1

• Can be called from the class level (with no objects created) using scope resolution
• Can be called from any object using dot notation
• May access static class data
• May not access non-static data in an object

class IntArray
{
public:
  ...
  static unsigned int ObjectCount ();
private:
  ..
  static unsigned int objectCount_;
} ;

unsigned int IntArray::ObjectCount ()
{
  return objectCount_;
}