doubt

[bani kaali]

hi,
can anyone pls tell me why we have to declare the main() method as static, taking a string array as an argument?
thanks
bani

[Jessica Sant]

Because the Java Language Specification says so.

The method main must be declared coderanch, static, and void. It must accept a single argument that is an array of strings.

[ July 12, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Sant ]

[Charu Murali]

A static method is the one that will be called with out craeting any objects. Since we need the main method to be called before any objects are created, it should be decalred as static.

HTH
Charu.