concept in main()

[Soumya Padhiary]

i know that, in java main method is called by JVM as thread.
but when i mentioned main method in a progrme, like below, it successfully run:
class{
public static void main(String... args)
{
System.out.println("in main");
}
}
instead of String[], is it acceptable ?
what is the differencr between (String... s) and (String[] args) ?
please give answer ,
thanks in advance .

[Sagar Rohankar]

Its called varargs, equivalent to Java array, added in Java 5.

[Manish Dubey J]

Hi Soumya,

""what is the differencr between (String... s) and (String[] args) ?""

This is a different concept of 'varargs'. It has nothing to do with main method!

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Soumya Padhiary wrote:
what is the differencr between (String... s) and (String[] args) ?

with String[] argument you need pass the appropriate argument as new String[]{"values"}

with String... you no need to, compiler do array creation and appropriate method call.
here even method call with no argument is possible as compiler insert zero size appropriate array .

[Jesper de Jong]

Soumya Padhiary wrote:instead of String[], is it acceptable ?

Yes. Section 12.1.4 of the Java Language Specification states:

JLS wrote:
Finally, after completion of the initialization for class Test (during which other consequential loading, linking, and initializing may have occurred), the method main of Test is invoked.

The method main must be declared public, static, and void. It must specify a formal parameter (§8.4.1) whose declared type is array of String. Therefore, either of the following declarations is acceptable:

public static void main(String[] args)

public static void main(String... args)

[Campbell Ritchie]

Start reading about varargs here. You are allowed [] or ... in the main method, as it says here.