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title: "Can you call the base class method without creating an instance?"  
description: "Can you call the base class method without creating an instance?"  
author: "Ravi Vishwakarma"  
published: 2021-08-23  
updated: 2021-08-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156698/can-you-call-the-base-class-method-without-creating-an-instance  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#", "java", "c++"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can you call the base class method without creating an instance?

Can you call the [base](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12627/how-can-predictive-analytics-enhance-customer-base-and-experience) [class method](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22908/what-are-java-string-class-method) without creating an [instance](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155658/testing-connection-to-cloud-sql-instance-with-a-mysql-client-from-vm-instance)?

## Replies

### Reply by Ashutosh Kumar Verma

Yes, if that [base class](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/116/base-class-initilization) is inherited into its derived class and methods of base class is declared with public or protected access modifier.


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