Why is the main declared as public and static?
public static void main(String arg[]) {} acording to ans in java
"The method is static because otherwise there would be ambiguity: which constructor should be called?" 
- What part of the answer did you not understand? We can't help you if we don't know where you're stuck.meriton– meriton2014-03-11 14:14:42 +00:00Commented Mar 11, 2014 at 14:14
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public - The main method is called by the JVM to run the method which is outside the scope of the project therefore the access specifier has to be public to permit a call from anywhere outside the application.
static - When the JVM makes a call to the main method there is no object that exists for the class being called therefore it has to have static method to allow invocation from class.
void - Java is a platform independent language, therefore if it returns some value, then the value may have a different meaning between different platforms so unlike C it can not assume a behavior of returning value to the operating system.
