What Are Static Methods? link

• Static methods are the ones that can be invoked without instantiating the struct.

Declare a Static Method link

The following illustration explains how to declare a static method within the impl construct.

Note: If the construct is declared with an impl keyword, it must have one or both types of methods, static or non-static.

Invoke a Static Method link

A static method can be invoked by following the struct name with the membership operator:: followed by the method name :

Example link

The following example creates a static method my_static_method and invokes it from the main function.

  // declare a struct

struct Course {

   name: String,

   level:String,

   code: i32,

}

impl Course {

   // static method

   fn my_static_method(n: String, l: String, c:i32) -> Course {

      Course { 

      name: n, 

      level:l,

      code:c

       }

   }

   //display

   fn display(&self){

      println!("name :{} code:{} of type: {}", self.name, self.code, self.level );

   }

}

fn main(){

   // call the static method

   let c1 = Course::my_static_method("Rust".to_string(), "beginner".to_string(), 132);

   c1.display();

}
  

output

  name :Rust code:132 of type: beginner