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I am trying to add the driver class to this program as my instructor has asked, but can not seem to get it to work properly. In the book that I have it is used like I have it here, but netBeans says that inner classes can not have static declarations. my question is that if I cant have a static declaration here like the boook has, then how do I get the program to run with no main()? Here is the code that I have for the program with the error in it.:
* increasingOrder.java
* Created on October 23, 2006, 10:48 PM
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* @author Joseph Porter
import java.util.*;
public class increasingOrder
    /** Creates a new instance of increasingOrder */
    public increasingOrder() {
    public static void smallestNumber(int a,int b, int c){
        if(a<b&&a<c)
            System.out.println("The smallest number is "+a);
                if(b<a&&b<c)
                    System.out.println("The smallest number is "+b);
                        if(c<a&&c<b)
                            System.out.println("The smallest number is "+c);
    public static void middleNumber(int a,int b,int c){
        if(a>b&&a<c)
            System.out.println("The middle number is "+a);
                if(b>a&&b<c)
                    System.out.println("The middle number is "+b);
                        if(c>a&&c<b)
                            System.out.println("The middle number is "+c);
    public static void largestNumber(int a,int b,int c){
        if(a>b&&a>c)
            System.out.println("The largest number is "+a);
                if(b>a&&b>c)
                    System.out.println("The largest number is "+b);
                        if(c>a&&c>b)
                            System.out.println("The largest number is "+c);
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public class Driver
        public static void main(String[] args)
            int inputA;
            int inputB;
            int inputC;
            Scanner keyboard=new Scanner (System.in);
            System.out.println("Input the first integer:");
            inputA=keyboard.nextInt();
            System.out.println("Input the second integer:");
            inputB=keyboard.nextInt();
            System.out.println("Input the third integer:");
            inputC=keyboard.nextInt();
            increasingOrder.smallestNumber(inputA,inputB,inputC);
            increasingOrder.middleNumber(inputA,inputB,inputC);
            increasingOrder.largestNumber(inputA,inputB,inputC);
        // TODO code application logic here
}

Answer 1

I have modified it just a little bit and it works
here is the code:
* increasingOrder.java
* Created on October 23, 2006, 10:48 PM
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
* @author Joseph Porter
import java.util.*;
class increasingOrder
    /** Creates a new instance of increasingOrder */
    public increasingOrder() {
    public static void smallestNumber(int a, int b, int c){
        if(a<b && a<c)
            System.out.println("The smallest number is "+a);
        else if(b<a && b<c)
             System.out.println("The smallest number is "+b);
        else if(c<a && c<b)
             System.out.println("The smallest number is "+c);
    public static void middleNumber(int a, int b, int c){
        if(a>b && a<c)
            System.out.println("The middle number is "+a);
        else if(b> a&& b<c)
             System.out.println("The middle number is "+b);
        else if(c>a && c<b)
             System.out.println("The middle number is "+c);
    public static void largestNumber(int a, int b, int c){
        if(a>b && a>c)
            System.out.println("The largest number is "+a);
        else if(b>a && b>c)
             System.out.println("The largest number is "+b);
        else if(c> a&& c>b)
             System.out.println("The largest number is "+c);
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public class Driver
         public static void main(String[] args){
              int inputA;
             int inputB;
             int inputC;
             Scanner keyboard=new Scanner (System.in);
             System.out.println("Input the first integer:");
             inputA=keyboard.nextInt();
             System.out.println("Input the second integer:");
             inputB=keyboard.nextInt();
             System.out.println("Input the third integer:");
             inputC=keyboard.nextInt();
             increasingOrder.smallestNumber(inputA, inputB, inputC);
             increasingOrder.middleNumber(inputA, inputB, inputC);
             increasingOrder.largestNumber(inputA, inputB, inputC);
        // TODO code application logic here
    oh, you can copy and paste, but you need to edit it a bit, cause with the code tag here, somehow it turn a<c to a><c