[java] What is the use of static synchronized method in java?

static methods can be synchronized. But you have one lock per class. when the java class is loaded coresponding java.lang.class class object is there. That object's lock is needed for.static synchronized methods. So when you have a static field which should be restricted to be accessed by multiple threads at once you can set those fields private and create public static synchronized setters or getters to access those fields.