why not we define a static member function inside a main

[abhinav sood]

class emp
{
static String cname="Abhinav";
public static void main(String... s)
{
static void display()
{
System.out.println(cname)
}
}
}

[Bear Bibeault]

Because a method cannot be defined within another method.

[Alex Armenteros]

With the exception of methods from Anonimous classes of course. Tecnically are inside a methods

[Badal Chowdhary]

Abhinav, the question is what are you trying to achieve here?

[abhinav sood]

I wanted to know how the reference variable works if a method contain nested methods.......

[Jesper de Jong]

Alex Armenteros wrote:With the exception of methods from Anonimous classes of course. Tecnically are inside a methods

You can define classes inside methods (not just anonymous classes). This is valid Java, for example:

public class JavaRanch {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        class MyStuff {
            public void greet() {
                System.out.println("Hello World");
            }
        }

        MyStuff m = new MyStuff();
        m.greet();
    }
}

But you cannot define methods directly inside methods.

[Badal Chowdhary]

Basically, methods cannot be nested in methods. A method can only be inside a class.

[Randall Twede]

praise the lord!