Writing main class (All in one method or split into several?)

Question

Hello,
How is the common practice to write a main method?
I use to write one method if nothing repeats it self then I make a private method for it.
Like this
public static void main(String[] args) {
foo();
foo();
private void foo(){
}But I have read a lot of main methods where there is private methods which is only executed ones.
And the main method calls a new private method like this
public static void main(String[] args) {
foo(args);
private void foo(String[] args){
foo2();
foo3();
foo4()
private void foo2(){
private void foo3(){
private void foo4(){
}

Answer 1

I think its better to do the second example
but it does not really make a difference
Example 1 you have to say xyzClass.foo();
Example 2 you call the methods directly
public class XYZ{
  public XYZ(){
  public void method1(String s){ 
  public void method2(){ 
  public void method3(String s){ 
  public void method4(String s){
  public void method5(String s){ 
  public method(String[] args){
    method1(args[0]);
    method2(args[1]);
    method3(args[2]);
    method4(args[3]);
    method5(args[4]);
  }main methods
public static void main(String[] args){
  XYZ xyz = new XYZ();
  xyz.method1(args[0]);
  xyz.method2(args[1]);
  xyz.method3(args[2]);
  xyz.method4(args[3]);
  xyz.method5(args[4]);
//vs.
public static void main(String[] args){
  XYZ xyz = new XYZ();
  xyz.method(args);
}Edited by: gtRpr on 2008/07/22 01:42