docs: static public HashtableOnDisk getStaticInstance(FileManager filemgr,
                                                      boolean auto_rehash,
                                                      long instanceid,
                                                      HashtableInitInterface initfn,
                                                      boolean hasCacheValue,
                                                      HTODDynacache htoddc)
                      throws FileManagerException,
                      ClassNotFoundException,
                      IOException,
                      HashtableOnDiskException {
          if (instanceid == 0) {
              instanceid = filemgr.start();
          }
  
          HashtableOnDisk answer = null;
          try {
              answer = new HashtableOnDisk(filemgr, auto_rehash, instanceid, initfn, hasCacheValue, htoddc);
          } catch (EOFException e) {
              // eof means the file is empty and there is no such instance
          }
  
          return answer;
      }