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First Program - "Hello World"

The below-given program is the simplest program of Java, printing "Hello World" to
the screen. Let us try to understand every bit of the code step by step.

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// This is a simple Java program.


class HelloWorld
{
// Your program begins with a call to main().
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Hello, World");
}
}

Output:

Hello, World

The "Hello World!" program consists of three primary components: the HelloWorld
class definition, the main method, and the source code comments. The following
explanation will provide you with a basic understanding of the code:

1. Class definition: Below line uses the keyword class to declare that a new class
is being defined.

class HelloWorld
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1. HelloWorld is an identifier that is the name of the class. The entire class
definition, including all of its members, will be between the opening curly
brace { and the closing curly brace }.
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2. main method: In Java programming language, every application must contain
a main method whose signature is:

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args)
public: So that JVM can execute the method from anywhere.
static: Main method is to be called without object.
The modifiers public and static can
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void: The main method doesn't return anything.
main(): Name configured in the JVM.
String[]: The main method accepts a single argument:
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an array of elements of type String.

1. Like in C/C++, the main method is the entry point for your application and will
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subsequently invoke all the other methods required by your program.
2. The next line of code is shown here. Notice that it occurs inside the main( ).

System.out.println("Hello, World");

1. This line outputs the string "Hello, World" followed by a new line on the screen.
Output is actually accomplished by the built-in println( ) method. System is a
predefined class that provides access to the system, and out is the variable of
type output stream that is connected to the console.
2. Comments: They can either be multi-line or single-line comments.

/* This is a simple Java program.


Call this file "HelloWorld.java". */

1. This is a multiline comment. This type of comment must begin with /* and end
with */. For single-line you may directly use // as in C/C++.

Important Points :

The name of the class defined by the program is HelloWorld, which is the
same as the name of the file(HelloWorld.java). This is not a coincidence. In
Java, all codes must reside inside a class and there is at most one public class
which contains the main() method.
By convention, the name of the main class(a class that contains the main
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method) should match the name of the file that holds the program.

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