Added paragraph about static methods in README

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In this case, an event bus is created and used locally.
In a more sophisticated example the class would acquire an external event bus that is used by multiple classes.
Note that using static methods like this
```java
@Event
private static void onSimpleEvent(SimpleEvent event) ...
```
is technically possible, yet unwanted in most cases, as you have no access to an instance of the calling class.
## Event handlers for subtypes
On certain occasions its practical for an event handler to accept both events of the specified type, as well as subclasses of that event.