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A static member is a static method or field of a class. When we use a cast method in a class, we must pass in a static member. This is because C#'s cast method is static and does not have direct access to an instance member. Therefore, only passing in a static member will cause the type conversion method to execute correctly.
For example, if we want to convert a variable of type int to a variable of type string, we can do so using the System.Convert.ToString() method, but this method requires passing in a static member for the conversion to work properly. In other words:
string str = System.Convert.ToString(intVar, staticField);
This will enable intVar to be converted to string.
In addition, the parse method in C# works the same way; it also requires passing in a static member to execute correctly. For example:
int intVar = int.Parse(str, staticField);
This will enable the conversion of str to intVar.
In summary, the cast methods in C# are static, so if you want to use them in a class, you must pass in a static member to perform the function of the cast correctly.
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