can i compile a java pgm

[RaniThomas]

Hi All,

Can i Compile a java program without a single line in a main method.
If s, how it works. Please explain.
Help Me.

[NormR1]

Use the javac command to compile a java program.
There are NO requirements for any methods in a class to be able to compile it.

[RaniThomas]

Use the javac command to compile a java program.
There are NO requirements for any methods in a class to be able to compile it.

If there is no main method in a java class, will it run or not...?

[NormR1]

An application requires a main() method to run, an applet does not.

[JamesCherrill]

A class without a suitable public main(...) method can only be called from another class. If you want to run a class from the java or javaw command it must have the method.

[RaniThomas]

ok fine.... i do have a "public static void main(string[] args)" method, but it does not contain a single line, i know it will run sucessfully. But i wanna know the flow... how it works..?

[Taywin]

If the main() method is there but no code inside, you should be able to run the class fine, but it will produce nothing. Usually, if I have main() method in a class object, I would implement quick tests for the class's functionality to see whether or not the class implementation works. I don't use it to be my real program.

public class DoNothing {
  int myInt;  // class variable

  // contructor
  public DoNothing(int val) {
    myInt = val;
  }

  // main method
  public static void main (String[] args) {
  }
}

// when compile using command line
// >javac DoNothing.java
//
// when run using command line
// >java DoNothing
//
// there is no result and the program should end gracefully.