So I was given a plugin to fix/add stuff

I saw a public static void main method inside - the dev said it would run 'faster' with this. Is there a point on doing that?

 

You can start the specific class as an normal java application. (if it has String[] as argument)

 

Zarkopafilis it won't run faster, no... I don't see a point in this.

 

wat

 

ZeusAllMighty11 You can though...

 

Why would you do that?

 

ZeusAllMighty11 I dunno. There is no point in doing so. But you can.

 

As said above it won't run faster but the original developer may of used 'static' so he can access it without making the instance of class. So he can do Utils.doMyMethod(); instead of Utils.getInstance().doMyMethod();

 

The method is named 'main'. So in 99,99% (or even 100%) it's for starting that class as a normal Java program.

Maybe the developer did this for testing the class (bad practice btw. (this main method for testing, not testing itself)), or he need it for debuggen or ... Of course the content of this method might be solve the question, or just asking the former dev.
But, no, it's not quicker in any way.

 

Oh, I misunderstood what he wrote. I though something else.

And perhaps the developers knowledge just did not expand far enough that he went with what worked and not what was efficient.

 

Okay but I see no point in all this

 

Test cases for testing different aspects of the plugin without loading into a server

 

Aw thats it xD