title: In Java, are variables declared inside static methods themselves static?
body: <p>Assume the following:</p>
  
  <pre>
  private static boolean A()
  {
    int parsedUntil = 0;
    ...
    ...
    ...
  }
  </pre>
  
  <p>Is parsedUntil considered to be a static variable? I noticed that I can't declare it as static inside this static function.</p>
  
  <p>Follow-up question: I read that a static variable will only be initialized once. Does that mean the first time I call function A() the value will be set to zero, but every other time I call A(), that row is omitted?</p>