Java: Calling a static method in the main() method

Question

I am supposed to do the following:

Write a Java application (Client) program with a static method called generateEmployees( ) that returns a random list

Answer 1

If the method is in the same class, you should just be able to call it like any other method:

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    Employee[] employees = generateEmployees();

    // TODO: loop through and print out...
}

Since main and generateEmployees are both static, it should work. (If generateEmployees is non-static, you'd need to create an instance of the class first).

I'd suggest having a constant array of Strings with "names" in it, and use a random number to generate an index. That should help with randomising the names a little.