Overloading main method

Question

hi all,
If main method can be overloaded then why it is not working?
class Passreference{
void pass(){
                Oops7.main(new String[]{"Apple","Windows"});
     Oops7.main(new int[]{10,20});
public class Oops7 {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("String"+"\t"+args);
public static  void main(int x[] ){
     System.out.println("Integer"+"\t"+x);
}The answer is :String     [Ljava.lang.String;@addbf1
1.It is not printing the values that i am passing
2.even if integer values are passed it is gives String     [Ljava.lang.String;@addbf1
why not" Integer java.lan....."
Thanks in advance,
Cat

Answer 1

Hello,
the code you posted does not compile, and as suggested by previous posters, it is not clear what you are trying to achieve.
Here is a code extract that compiles and demonstrates that class Oops7 has two method named main that are overloaded.
import java.util.Arrays;
* In support of OTN topic overloading main method
public class TestOverloading{
    public static void main(String... args){
        Oops7.main(new String[]{"Apple","Windows"});
     Oops7.main(new int[]{10,20});
class Oops7 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(args));
    public static  void main(int x[] ){
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(x));
}Edited by: jduprez on May 9, 2011 1:13 PM
Beaten by Kay'... Well at least I revisited my extract to implement Peter's suggestion.