diff --git a/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx b/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx
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+// Phase 2 step 2.3 (PLAN-FFI.md): xfail then green for the `static`
+// method body item inside a `#jni_class` declaration.
+//
+// `static name :: (args...) -> Ret;` declares a class/static method —
+// no implicit `self`, dispatched via `GetStaticMethodID` / `CallStatic*`
+// at lowering time (Phase 2.12). Step 2.3 extends `parseJniClassDecl`
+// to recognise the `static` prefix and mark the resulting
+// `JniMethodDecl` with `is_static = true`.
+
+#import "modules/std.sx";
+
+Math :: #jni_class("java/lang/Math") {
+    static abs :: (n: s32) -> s32;
+}
+
+main :: () -> s32 {
+    print("parse-only ok\n");
+    0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-03-static.exit b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-03-static.exit
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+1
diff --git a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-03-static.txt b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-03-static.txt
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+/Users/agra/projects/sx/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx:13:12: error: expected '::'