How to execute a static block without main method in Java?

VM first looks for the main method (at least the latest versions) and then, starts executing the program including static block. Therefore, you cannot execute a static block without main method.

Example

public class Sample {
   static {
      System.out.println("Hello how are you");
   }
}

Since the above program doesn’t have a main method, If you compile and execute it you will get an error message.

C:\Sample>javac StaticBlockExample.java
C:\Sample>java StaticBlockExample
Error: Main method not found in class StaticBlockExample, please define the main method as: public static void main(String[] args)
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If you want to execute static block you need to have Main method and, static blocks of the class gets executed before main method.

Example

Live Demo

public class StaticBlockExample {
   static {
      System.out.println("This is static block");
   }
   public static void main(String args[]){
      System.out.println("This is main method");
   }
}

Output

This is static block
This is main method

Samual Sam

Published on 29-Dec-2017 05:19:35

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