Originally posted by J Recker:
I've noticed that when I create an instance of the class I'm in (from within the psvm method), I get a compile error...
I assume that "psvm" stands for "public static void main," right? If so, "main method" is a more common terminology.
There is no reason you shouldn't be able to create an instance of the class from its own main method. Can you post an example of this error?