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title: "What if the static modifier is removed from the signature of the main() method?"  
description: "What if the static modifier is removed from the signature of the main() method?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-23  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1983/what-if-the-static-modifier-is-removed-from-the-signature-of-the-main-method  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What if the static modifier is removed from the signature of the main() method?

Program compiles. But at runtime throws an error "NoSuchMethodError".

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Program compiles. But at runtime throws an error "NoSuchMethodError".


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