Can you have methods inside the main method?

Question

As mentioned in the title, can you create methods inside the main method as shown below, because when compiled in an IDE, it shows an error.

public static void main(String[ ] args) {
Machine m = new Machine() {
@Override public void start() {
System.out.println("Wooooo");
}
};

Answer 1

You can, but you may be missing some key details about anonymous classes in Java. Check out https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/anonymousclasses.html#declaring-anonymous-classes .

Note that when using anonymous classes, you use an interface. Without seeing the error or declaration of Machine, I can't tell you exactly what the issue is.

Answer 2

great job

Answer 3

if you are using anonymous class then you must create it's object at the time of class creation itself