Interesting compiler error....

Question

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Client
     // Stores the client socket information.
     private Socket c_socket;
     // Stores a string to be send to the server for printing.
     private String lineToBeSent;
     // Gets strins from the client.
     private BufferedReader input;
     // Used to write strings to the server.
     private PrintWriter output;
     public static void main(String[] args)
          runClient();
     private void runClient()
                               doing stuff here....
}When I try to compile this code I get an error saying non static method runClient() cannot be referenced from a static context. What causes this? And is it possible to solve it without lumping all my code into the main method including variables (which works).

Answer 1

Only static methods can be accesed from main since it is static. so make runClient() static and it will work. or else make a separate class ,say Client , add runClient() method to it and from main () create an object of class Client and call the method runClient. This way u won't have to make the method static.