"new" keyword on static method call

java

Solution

That's not a `static` method call, you're just instantiating an object of type `URI` and calling the `getPath()` method on it. The `java.net.` part is explicitly inlining the fully qualified class name, it's the same as this:

// at the start of your class
import java.net.URI;

// in your method
String translated = new URI(url).getPath();

Problem

I don't understand the "new" keyword in this static method call. What is it's purpose. NetBeans underlines .net if I delete it with a message of "cannot find symbol" ``` String translated = new java.net.URI(url).getPath(); ``` I'm certain that this is a basic question that has been answered before, however all of my searches come up with information on creating objects and is not applicable. Thank You

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