Can "main" method return values

Question

Hi,
I have a requirement of returning values to the
command prompt from the main method. Is this possible
to do in the first place. Is it valid.
i.e. Can you do the following in Java,
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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.Object;
import java.util.*;
public class P
     public static String main(String args[])
     String bye = "BYE";
     return(bye);
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Can "main" method in Java return values at command
prompt.
Can you have something like,
public static String main(String args[])
instead of
public static void main(String args[])
Help urgently needed as I need to pipe data from a
Java program to a C++ program. One method is to
writing to a flat file but this would cause overheads
reading and writing to a file, hence this way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Thank,s

Answer 1

Hi jchak,
Yes I am trying to pass a Java String to a C++
application. Any insights, any help.
OK the whole thing goes as follows,
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Theres a C++ application which first starts up.
This app is then supposed to invoke a Java class file
which does some processing. Finally the value of one
variable in Java (actually a huge String) is to be made
available back to C++. This could be done thru flat file
wherein the Java outputs the string to the flat file
and on return the C++ program can be made to read the
same flat file to retrieve that string but this would
surely cause some overheads (time factor) reading and
writing files. So I wish to devise some way by means
of which I can return the string value back to the C++
program. Piping of data from one app to another is what I
want to do.
Is there some way by means of which Java can return
back or communicate or pipe back the string back to
C++. How can it be done without using external flat files
or databases.
Thansk,
JAtin