Q: When would you create static methods as opposed to instance methods? I understand that static methods allow you to use those methods without having to create an instance of that class, and that ...

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Let's say you've gone to the trouble of creating a CustomerRepository object with a static method called GetCustomerById. Something like this, in other words: public class CustomerRepository { public ...