[ajug-members] Explain the Method Header in more detail

Igor Tovstopyat-Nelip igor.tn at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 13:32:53 EST 2011


Ladies and Gentlemen, please excuse my impatience which is probably best
explained by insufficient sleep.

In fact, I like teaching beginners. On another hand, I expect from them
due diligence and getting the homework done.

Terry, best of luck with your Java endeavors! I am sure this group will be
very helpful.

- Igor

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Brian Alexander Lee <brian.a.lee at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I actually like these questions. Since ajug mail archives are googlable
> people will see this question for all eternity. This helps in the future
> for screening job candidates.
>
> BAL
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Igor Tovstopyat-Nelip <igor.tn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Are you serious? You are asking a question to the language group without
> making an effort to figure out what is the very first letter of the
> alphabet is? How about opening a 101 book at least once? And, isn't this
> trivially googlable as well?
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:55 AM, TAC2010 <tac2010 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> To my fellow AJUGS,
>>
>> Can you explain in a better detail the  Main () Method Header:
>>
>> *public static void main(String [] args)*
>>
>> *public *= the modifier that can be viewed and accessed by other
>> classes. Main (method) must use the                       "public" accessor
>> so the run-time system can call it.
>> *static *= a method that does not use instance attributes or methods. It
>> only uses parameters , local variable,              and static constants,
>> and other static methods in the same class.
>> *void* = the data return-type of the method. It does not return any
>> values; it is not empty though
>> *main* = What is this??????
>> *String [] *= an array of strings
>> *args* = Arguments
>>
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