From bf86339e22b6084b529e8b62bde7de80e2ed6a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Milner <kmilner@usc.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:35:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] methods now static

---
 .../faultSysSolution/util/MergedSolutionCreator.java          | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensha/sha/earthquake/faultSysSolution/util/MergedSolutionCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensha/sha/earthquake/faultSysSolution/util/MergedSolutionCreator.java
index ae0d650c7..299bbc243 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensha/sha/earthquake/faultSysSolution/util/MergedSolutionCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensha/sha/earthquake/faultSysSolution/util/MergedSolutionCreator.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class MergedSolutionCreator {
 	 * @param sols
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public FaultSystemSolution merge(List<FaultSystemSolution> sols) {
+	public static FaultSystemSolution merge(List<FaultSystemSolution> sols) {
 		return merge(sols.toArray(new FaultSystemSolution[0]));
 	}
 	
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public FaultSystemSolution merge(List<FaultSystemSolution> sols) {
 	 * @param sols
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public FaultSystemSolution merge(FaultSystemSolution... sols) {
+	public static FaultSystemSolution merge(FaultSystemSolution... sols) {
 		Preconditions.checkState(sols.length > 1, "Need at least 2 solutions to merge");
 		
 		int totNumSects = 0;