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2013/8/1

Main() method in my Project

Ashima Ashima

2013/8/1

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Hello all, I am new to Greenfoot as well as to Java. I have downloaded a project from internet, and it has a large number of .java files and each of them has a main(). I thought that in a project, there can only be one main() method in any of the files. Isn't it so?
Gevater_Tod4711 Gevater_Tod4711

2013/8/1

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You can have a main method in every class. When you compile your programm to an executable jar file you have to choose one class with a main method which is the first method called when the programm starts.
Ashima Ashima

2013/8/1

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Thanks for help! But, would that not mean that I am doing something (via the main() method) in every file? I mean I am not just creating classes, but doing something to my project, so in that case, what would be the order of execution of main() methods?
Gevater_Tod4711 Gevater_Tod4711

2013/8/1

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A main method is only called one time when your application starts. Afterwards the main mehtod is not called (in no class). If you create a new object from a class not the main method but the constructor of the class is called.
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