Can we overload the main method in Java?

Question

Can we overload a main() method in Java?

Answer 1

Yes, by method overloading. You can have any number of main methods in a class by method overloading. Let's see the simple example:

class Simple{  
  public static void main(int a){  
  System.out.println(a);  
  }  

  public static void main(String args[]){  
  System.out.println("main() method invoked");  
  main(10);  
  }  
}  

It will give the following output:

main() method invoked
10