I am new to Java and while I have gotten a grasp on several things, I am still uncertain about static and what it means.

I have a call I am needing to make to calculate a running total. I have this as my method:

[PHP]public double addTotal(double value)
{
total = total + value;
return total;
//method to tally value
}[/PHP]

(not sure if I am using the tags...