Quick Question!!!!!!!!

[stuckonjava]

public class Question1{
private List myList;

public static void main (String[] args){
myList = newLinkedList();
myList.add("one");
myList.add("two");
System.out.println(myList);
}
}


Could someone please explain why this doesn't compile whilst this does:

public class Question1{
private List myList;

public void execute(){
myList = newLinkedList();
myList.add("one");
myList.add("two");
System.out.println(myList);
}
public static void main (String[] args){
new Question1().execute():
}
}


Thank you

[sunde887]

What errors do you get?

[stuckonjava]

the first one doesn't compile because 'private list myList;' is not static. I don't understand why this works for the second one though

[sunde887]

In the first one you are directly referencing an instance variable through main. Since this is an instance variable, it only exists in an instance of the object in which it belongs. In the second approach you create an object and then refer to it's integers with the 'new' line. In approach 1, change the variable to

private static List myList;

[DarrylBurke]

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