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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/reflection/invoke_a_method.md
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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Tea {
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For static methods you do not need an instance of the class to invoke them.
Instead you need to pass the class itself as the first argument to `.invoke`.
Instead, the first argument is ignored. You can pass `null`.

```java
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
Expand All @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class Main {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

biteMethod.invoke(Apple.class, 5);
biteMethod.invoke(Apple.class, 1);
biteMethod.invoke(null, 5);
biteMethod.invoke(null, 1);
}
}

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