>>UPDATE. Apparently I would have to create another static method and will have to pass operator's rights to it. Then I would need to check all calls to the original method and somehow adjust.
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>Why do you use a static method?
> An instance of the class is obviously being instantiated anyway so I see no real benefit?

I am not sure. That code had been written long time ago when the project started (I joined the project after it was underway). Why there is a static method and it's used - it is hard for me to decide now.

Anyway, I made the necessary additions and fixes with the minimum intrusion (I think), but I found lots of other problems most likely unrelated to these changes :( I am going to discuss them today at our daily meeting, I hope someone else will be assigned to figure them out...