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#1 (permalink)   08-27-2008

Shwet_45 Junior Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Delhi Posts: 9 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

return type of main method Can we use 'int' as return type of main method in java?? like: public static int main(String args[])

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#2 (permalink)   08-27-2008

mamatha.cute Junior Member   Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

Re: return type of main method U can override , overload main() like wt u said public static int main(String args[]){} but jvm checks for the entry point i.e public static void main(String args[]) if it finds jvm instance wil create otherwise fails the execution

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kunal066 Junior Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: madurai Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

Re: return type of main method no in java main method return nothing.. there is only valid signature of main method is public static void main(String[] args)

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#4 (permalink)   09-05-2008

deeptiagrawal Junior Member   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: India Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts

Re: return type of main method In java you can overload the main method so you can define another main method which returns int value but at the runtime JVM check for the main method that return void so if if does not find main method it throws an exception.

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#5 (permalink)   09-10-2008

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Re: return type of main method Quote: Originally Posted by Shwet_45 Can we use 'int' as return type of main method in java?? like: public static int main(String args[]) No. Two valid signature of main methods: public static void main(String[] prince) or static public void main(String[] prince)

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