Static methods are used for the functionality that belongs to the class “as a whole”, doesn’t relate to a concrete class instance.
They are labeled by the word static in class declaration.
Static properties are used when we’d like to store class-level data, also not bound to an instance.
class MyClass {
static property = ...;
static method() {
...
}
}
Static properties and methods are inherited.
For class B extends A the prototype of the class B itself points to A: B.[[Prototype]] = A. So if a field is not found in B, the search continues in A.
Rabbit extends Animal creates two [[Prototype]] references:
- Rabbit function prototypally inherits from Animal function.
- Rabbit.prototype prototypally inherits from Animal.prototyp
class Animal {}
class Rabbit extends Animal {}
// for statics
alert(Rabbit.__proto__ === Animal); // true
// for regular methods
alert(Rabbit.prototype.__proto__ === Animal.prototype);