can this be made static

public Vector getConvertedError( String errCode) throws PropertyApplicationException
      {
            Vector v1 = new Vector();
            if( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_NON_TELCO_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_NON_TELCO_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_NON_TELCO_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if ( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_INVALID_COS_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_INVALID_COS_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_INVALID_COS_ERROR_MSG));
            }      
            else if ( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_SIWTN_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_SIWTN_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_SIWTN_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if ( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNE1_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNE1_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNE1_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNN1_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNN1_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_UNN1_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if( errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.CSR_NO_DATA_FOUND)) == 0)
            {
                   v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.CSR_NO_DATA_FOUND));
                   v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.CSR_NO_DATA_FOUND));
            }
            else if (errCode.compareTo(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_ACCOUNT_TO_LARGE_ERROR_CODE)) == 0)
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_ACCOUNT_TO_LARGE_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_ACCOUNT_TO_LARGE_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if (errCode.startsWith(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_UNAVAIL_ERROR_CODE)) )
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_UNAVAIL_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_UNAVAIL_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if (errCode.startsWith(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_INVALID_INPUT_COMB_ERROR_CODE)))
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_INVALID_INPUT_COMB_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_INVALID_INPUT_COMB_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if (errCode.startsWith(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_TIMEOUT_ERROR_CODE)))
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_TIMEOUT_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SYSTEM_TIMEOUT_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if(errCode.startsWith(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_TIMEOUT_ERROR_CODE)))
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_TIMEOUT_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_TIMEOUT_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else if( errCode.startsWith(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME_ERROR_CODE).trim()) )
            {
                  v1.add( props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add( props.getValue(ServicesConstants.IM_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME_ERROR_MSG));
            }
            else
            {
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_INVALID_ERROR_CODE));
                  v1.add(props.getValue(ServicesConstants.ACCOUNT_INVALID_ERROR_MSG));      
            }
            return v1;
      }

I guess I am confused what method to make static ? it beats me when a method can be static ? Here the input errorId can be different , but the properties file can be constant