Class extending a Frame with main method in it - how do I use the methods?

Question

Howdy.
Having a problem.. I want my "main" class, ie. the class with the main method in it to extend a Frame class.. because the main method is static, I can't use Frame's methods.
What's a trick to get around this ? I am making a deliberate design decision to extend the Frame class, because I thought it was.. well.. better. I could always just create a Frame object and utilise it.. but from little things I've read and seen it's better to extend it.
When I use Forte to make a Frame program it sets up a constructor/etc. for the main class and then it does something akin to this (the class is called MazeGenerator) :
public static void main(String args[]) {
new MazeGenerator().show();
What does "new MazeGenerator().show();" do when it's not being associated to an object handle ??
Ta.
- Scutt.

Answer 1

Create an instance of the frame in main then the constructor can control it. Or you could add an init method or something:
class MyFrame extends Frame {
public static void main (String [] args) {
MyFrame frame = new MyFrame();
frame.init();
You don't necessarily have to have a reference to an Object in order to create one. All the work can be done in the constructor (something I'm not really fond of however)