Static problems

[mmanders]

Hi,

I have two classes, each in a different package. One class, DBConnector implements the Singleton design pattern so as to return only a single object. The other class extends HttpServlet. I am trying to call DBConnector.getConnection() from my servlet class, but I get the error message:

"Cannot access non-static method from static context"

The problem is, neither class uses the static keyword and I can't see why the servlet would be considered a static context.

Any suggestions appreciated.

[Snaily]

In order to call this:

DBConnector.getConnection()

You need to have a static method declared in DBConnector:

public static Connection getConnection() {
....
}

Also when using the singleton pattern, its usually best to do something like this:

public static DBConnector getInstance() {
     return INSTANCE;
}

Where INSTACE is constructed via a private consturctor.