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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: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-07-20  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
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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". This is the case before Java 1. 6 version but for Java 7 and onwards it will throw a **Launch error : Selection does not contain a main type**

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Program compiles. But at runtime throws an error "NoSuchMethodError". This is the case before Java 1. 6 version but for Java 7 and onwards it will throw a **Launch error : Selection does not contain a main type**


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