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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.