very basic question which most of us donot know

[Gaurav Chikara]

This is a very coomon question asked in many interviews
we use public static void main (String abc[]) as signature of first executing method
in our class but
all these variations in this signature also run very smoothly
static void main(String abc[])
private static void main(String abc[])
protected static void main(String abc[])
can any one pls tell then what is the diff if all methodsrun in same way

[Manish Hatwalne]

Originally posted by Gaurav Chikara:
This is a very coomon question asked in many interviews
we use public static void main (String abc[]) as signature of first executing method in our class but all these variations in this signature also run very smoothly
static void main(String abc[])
private static void main(String abc[])
protected static void main(String abc[])
can any one pls tell then what is the diff if all methods run in same way

Hi Gaurav,
main method is required to be static only, access modifier is not an issue. It will compile and run with any access modifier. (because runtime does allow private to be called, and main is called by runtime). This has been logged as a bug with Sun, but they don't think it's an important bug
Have a look at - http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4252539.html
HTH,
- Manish
[This message has been edited by Manish Hatwalne (edited October 18, 2001).]

[Michael Fitzmaurice]

Hi
You can also declare the main method as being final without any detrimental consequences.
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