private class

[varungoyal goyal]

Is there any rule that class having main method cannot be private..thanks

[Christophe Verré]

I don't think so, as long as at least one class has a main method coderanch.

[Sri Ram]

The access modifiers that can be applied to a class are only public and default. protected and private access modifiers cannot be applied to any class.

[Tanka Banerjee]

main can't be private , and the class with the main method should be coderanch.
class Hi.java :
public class Hi {
private static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hi Bo ");
}
}
Runtime error main method not coderanch.

[Christophe Verré]

Runtime error main method not coderanch.

Did you read my post ?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Quoted by Sri Ram

protected and private access modifiers cannot be applied to any class.

You can certainly have a private class. It has to be set up as an inner class, but private inner classes work nicely.

[varungoyal goyal]

sir what is the use of making "public static void main " as a " private static void main

[ramesh kumar]

we should not declare any class so,it would not be meaning full

[Joanne Neal]

Originally posted by varungoyal goyal:
sir what is the use of making "public static void main " as a " private static void main

If you make any method private and static, it can only be called from within its class. One use might be a method that you don't want to be generally available, but you do want to call from another public static method.
There is nothing to stop you naming this method main. You just won't be able to use it as an entry point to your program.