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Lecture notes · chapter 8
Splitting and organising code
Packages and the program's entry point.
8.1 Packages
8.2 Entry point (the main function)
A program meant to be executed must have at least one class containing the definition of a main function, named main. Execution starts with this function.
public static void main(String[] args) {
// instructions to execute
}The argument args represents the elements passed from the command line of the shell.