static int class question...

just got out of an exam.. if i have a static int declared in one class and its updated each time a new object is created within that class is that int updated for each of the old class objects as well?

so say i have a class ball.. and there is a static in numballs.. and each time i create a new ball i increment numballs by one.. will the first ball's numballs value always increment each time a new ball is created?

lookin for some piece of mind here..

thanks

There is only 1 copy of a static variable for all the objects in your class. So if that static variable was incremented then that would affect all objects of that class.

The static int is available in all balls created but technically there is only one copy, it's not updated in each of the balls created.

thanks got that question right..