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Re: How does it know?

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From	Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
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Subject	Re: How does it know?
Date	Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:53:48 -0700
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On 9/14/2014 06:29, Mike Amling wrote:
> On 9/12/14 10:11 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Given two classes:
>>
>> public class test {
>>      public static void main(String... args) {
>>          System.out.println("calling test1.main()");
>>          test1.main();
>>      }
>> }
>>
>> public class test1 {
>>      public static void main(String... args) {
>>          System.out.println("test1");
>>      }
>> }
>
> How did you get this to compile? Does the source actually call
> test1.main(args)?
>

Yes and it works fine too.  That is why I am curious to the mechanism 
and wondering if there is a way to get from a String that contains the 
class name to executing the class' main method.

knute...

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How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-12 08:11 -0700
  Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-12 08:36 -0700
    Re: How does it know? Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2014-09-12 17:36 +0100
      Re: How does it know? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-12 21:40 +0300
        Re: How does it know? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-09-13 11:57 +0200
  Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-12 16:18 -0700
    Re: How does it know? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2014-09-14 08:52 -0500
      Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-14 07:48 -0700
  Re: How does it know? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-09-12 18:11 -0700
    Re: How does it know? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-09-13 11:59 +0200
      Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-14 07:51 -0700
        Re: How does it know? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-14 22:24 -0400
    Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-14 07:50 -0700
      Re: How does it know? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-14 22:26 -0400
        Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-17 14:52 -0700
  Re: How does it know? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-09-12 18:13 -0700
  Re: How does it know? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2014-09-14 08:29 -0500
    Re: How does it know? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-09-14 07:53 -0700
      Re: How does it know? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-09-17 00:40 -0700
        Re: How does it know? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-09-18 00:10 +0200

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