No Such Method Error - simple

[n00b]

Hi.
This is my very first time writing java codes and I'm trying to build a small program to calculate the followin sum:

Sum = 30 + 60 + 120 + 240 + 480 + 960.


Here's the code that I came up with :

public class numA {

static int sumCal(int sum) {
int value = 30;

do {value *= 2;
sum += value;
}while (value < 960);
return sum;

}

}

the compilation works fine.
but when I try to run it, this following message comes up:

--------------------Configuration: <Default>--------------------
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main
Exception in thread "main"
Process completed.

I can't seem to find the problem... can anyone help?:(

[iluxa]

every class you try to run must have a main method:

public static void main(String[] args) {
  // this is the entry point into your program
}

[j2me64]

Hi.
This is my very first time writing java codes and I'm trying to build a small program to calculate the followin sum:

Sum = 30 + 60 + 120 + 240 + 480 + 960.


Here's the code that I came up with :



the compilation works fine.
but when I try to run it, this following message comes up:



I can't seem to find the problem... can anyone help?:(

if you want to run your class directly, the class must contain the main method. try this version:

public class numA {

	static int sumCal(int sum) {
		int value = 30;

		do {
			value *= 2;
			sum += value;
		} while (value < 960);
		return sum;

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(numA.sumCal(10));
	}
}

you can call your method without an instance of numA because the method is static.

think about it: when you start an application with multiple classes where should the jvm know where to start? right, the jvm is looking for a main method to know where to start and if the jvm doesn't find one an exception is thrown.

[j2me64]

every class you try to run must have a main method

you can also "run" a class A from an other class B. so the class A musn't have a main method.

[n00b]

if you want to run your class directly, the class must contain the main method. try this version:

public class numA {

	static int sumCal(int sum) {
		int value = 30;

		do {
			value *= 2;
			sum += value;
		} while (value < 960);
		return sum;

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(numA.sumCal(10));
	}
}

you can call your method without an instance of numA because the method is static.

think about it: when you start an application with multiple classes where should the jvm know where to start? right, the jvm is looking for a main method to know where to start and if the jvm doesn't find one an exception is thrown.

thank you alot.
your suggestion worked great.
do you guys have a page or a link I could check to understand more the basic of java?
my class notes aren't very useful since the basic like static method and such isn't explained that well.

another question:

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(numA.sumCal(10));

every class you try to run must have a main method

is the method here "out.println" ?

Here's another suggestion where I tried switching to Void all together and it didn't work out.

public class lollaala {


public static void main(String[] args) {



int value = 30, sum;

do {
value *= 2;
sum += value;
} while (value < 960);

System.out.println("the sum is:" + numA.sum(10));
}
}

thanks alot :)

[gcalvin]

Here's another suggestion where I tried switching to Void all together and it didn't work out.

public class lollaala {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
                int value = 30, sum;
                do {
                        value *= 2;
                        sum += value;
                } while (value < 960);

                System.out.println("the sum is:" + numA.sum(10));
        }
}

thanks alot :)

There are two reasons why this didn't work.

1. You no longer have a class called numA
2. Your class does not have a sum() method

If you are going to put all of your code into main() then you just need System.out.println(sum);

By the way, letting your sum variable be implicitly initialized to zero like you did is not good style. You should make it a practice to explicitly initialize your variables. It's fine to declare them one place and initialize them somewhere else, but you should explicitly initialize them.

-Gary-

[gcalvin]

is the method here "out.println" ?

When j2me64 talks about a "main method" he means a method specifically called main(). Really, it's a public static void method called main() that takes a String[] parameter (and the parameter name is generally "args"). So this:

        public static void main(String[] args) {
        }

Since you asked about System.out.println(), though, "out" is a PrintStream object that represents your program's standard output (the console) and is a static field of the System class. The PrintStream class has the println() method.

-Gary-

[Tolls]

do you guys have a page or a link I could check to understand more the basic of java?

You could always try the Sun tutorials.
The Get Started section would be the place to start.

[n00b]

There are two reasons why this didn't work.

1. You no longer have a class called numA
2. Your class does not have a sum() method

If you are going to put all of your code into main() then you just need System.out.println(sum);

here's the code i came up with after you suggestion:

public class numA {

public static void main(String[] args) {
int value = 30;
int sum;
do {
value *= 2;
sum += value;
} while (value < 960);

System.out.println(sum);
}
}

when i build it up i get this following error:

variable sum might not have been initialized

and I can't find the reason for this message to pop up since I did initialize Value & Sum.


Question 2:

When j2me64 talks about a "main method" he means a method specifically called main(). Really, it's a public static void method called main() that takes a String[] parameter (and the parameter name is generally "args").

if you want to run your class directly, the class must contain the main method.

What do you mean by "run your class directly"? when there is different classes in the same "public class numA", then i'm not running my class directly?

I went ahead and tried to immerge 2 classes in the same public class numA.
Somehow System.out.print was not recognizing the variables.

public class numA {

static int sumCal1(int Sum1) {
int value = 30;

do {
value *= 2;
Sum1 += value;
} while (value < 960);
return Sum1;

}

static int sumCal2(int Sum2) {
int value2 = 40;

do {
value2 *= 2;
Sum2 += value2;
} while (value2 < 1280);
return Sum2;


}

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(numA.sumCal1 (10), numA.sumCal2 (10));
}
}

and i get this following message

cannot find symbol method println(int,int)

I went ahead and googled that and it turns out there is 2 reasons for this error. Either I misspelled the name of the class or I didn't "Imported" the class name.
I think I didn't import the class name whatever importing means...


Also, what does (10) means?

System.out.println(numA.sumCal(10));

Thanks for your patience everyone

[Tolls]

For your first question, sum isn't initialised.

"+=" requires the thing on the left to be initialised already, so "sum += value" in your case gives you the error because sum has no value.

For question 2, take a step back. Every Java program needs an entry point. This is what main(String[] args) is. It is what java looks for in the class you call when it starts. So:
java MyClass
will cause java to look for MyClass, and will expect to find a main() method in there matching the pattern:

public static void main(String[] args){}

That's all people are saying.

As for println(). Get to know the API documents. They are your best friend.
System dot out dot println.
As you can see there are several println() methods, none of which has two int parameters.