Why is the Java main method static?

Question

The method signature of a Java main() method is:

public static void main(String[] args){
    ...
}

Is the

Answer 1

Any method declared as static in Java belongs to the class itself . Again static method of a particular class can be accessed only by referring to the class like Class_name.method_name();

So a class need not to be instantiated before accessing a static method.

So the main() method is declared as static so that it can be accessed without creating an object of that class.

Since we save the program with the name of the class where the main method is present( or from where the program should begin its execution, applicable for classes without a main() method()(Advanced Level)). So by the above mentioned way:

Class_name.method_name();

the main method can be accessed.

In brief when the program is compiled it searches for the main() method having String arguments like: main(String args[]) in the class mentioned(i.e. by the name of the program), and since at the the beginning it has no scope to instantiate that class, so the main() method is declared as static.