New operator in static context - how to make it work

Question

pdftest.java:57: non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context
PageNumberer pn = new PageNumberer();
Is it basically that I can't use the new operator in my main function because main functions have to be static in java? What's the deal here?
I had this app working as a Java SERVLET, so all i had to do to port it over was replace the doGet method with main and remove all references to servlet specific stuff, etc. Had to make all my methods static too so main could call them, but that's all fixed. And now the thing that makes it not compile is the new operator!?!?
public class pdftest
     ....//private static members
          /* subClass to handle page numbering of pdf */
          class PageNumberer extends PdfPageEventHelper
     public static void main(String[] args)
          PageNumberer pn = new PageNumberer();
     ....//other methods, had to make them all static which was annoying
}

Answer 1

pdftest.java:57: non-static variable this cannot be
referenced from a static context
PageNumberer pn = new
PageNumberer();
Is it basically that I can't use the new operator in
my main function because main functions have to be
static in java? What's the deal here?
I had this app working as a Java SERVLET, so all i
had to do to port it over was replace the doGet
method with main and remove all references to servlet
specific stuff, etc. Had to make all my methods
static too so main could call them, but that's all
fixed. And now the thing that makes it not compile is
the new operator!?!?
public class pdftest
     ....//private static members
          /* subClass to handle page numbering of pdf */
          class PageNumberer extends PdfPageEventHelper
     public static void main(String[] args)
          PageNumberer pn = new PageNumberer();
....//other methods, had to make them all static
c which was annoying
static class PageNumberer