Re: Accessing static method of super-class (generics)

I'm twisting my brain on this problem, which is probably really
obvious, but I'm stuck.

I have an abstract class X with a static method:

public abstract class X {
  public static void method() {
    ...
  }
}

Class X is extended by many classes, e.g. class Y:

public class Y extends X {
 ...
}

Now, in a separate (test) class, I have a method that takes for example
class X as parameter, and should call method() on it:

public class Tests extends TestCase {
  public void testMethod(Class<? extends X> clazz) {
    clazz.method(); // Compile error
  }
}

Why can't I call clazz.method()?
I'm probably able to get around it using reflection, but there surely
must be a simpler way?

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