Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.ripco.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: why does this work? Message-ID: <5023FE3D.56491.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: dkoleary Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5023FE2F.56415.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5023FE2F.56415.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 3728f05b X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 ca852b8d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 25 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:44:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344537880 69.21.70.65 (Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:44:40 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:44:40 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17542 To: dkoleary From: Lew dkoleary wrote: > Got it... I do remember reading that somewhere else. main only gets executed once. That isn't strictly true. The 'main()' method is only called for one class one time by the JVM when it starts, but nothing prevents code in the program from explicitly calling some class's 'main()' at some later time. > Thanks for the concept correction. Hopefully, it'll stick now :) Read the Java tutorials. They explain constructors vs. methods and such concepts. -- Lew --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24