The entire java.util namespace is the example here. Using static methods on a class seems perfectly fine to me; that's what they're there for. If you have a ha

The entire java.util namespace is the example here. Using static methods on a class seems perfectly fine to me; that's what they're there for. If you have a handy utility class to work around problems in the standard library, then that's an issue with the standard library; Java has this but has gotten better over the years.