Why do applets not need a main()?

Question

This applies to subclasses of Applet, Servlet, Midlet, etc.

Why do they not need a main()? If I wanted to create a Craplet class that start

Answer 1

Applet do not use main() because when applet is loaded it automatically calls certain methods of applet class to start and executes the applet code. and applet have its own life cycle.