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title: "why java main method is static?"  
description: "why java main method is static?"  
author: "Samuel Fernandes"  
published: 2015-03-27  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2363/why-java-main-method-is-static  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# why java main method is static?

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## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

because object is not required to call static method if it were non-static method, jvm create object first then call main() method that will lead the problem of extra memory allocation.

### Answer by Samuel Fernandes

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