public静态void关键字意味着Java虚拟机(JVM)解释器可以调用程序的主方法来启动程序(public)，而无需创建类的实例(static)，并且程序结束时不会将数据返回给Java VM解释器(void)。

来源: 要领，第1部分，第2课:构建应用程序

Static表示该方法是类方法。并且调用时不需要任何类的对象。

最近，类似的问题也出现在了程序员网站上。SE

为什么在Java和c#中使用静态主方法，而不是构造函数? 从主要或次要来源中寻找一个明确的答案，为什么(特别是)Java和c#决定将静态方法作为它们的入口点-而不是通过应用程序类的实例表示应用程序实例，入口点是一个适当的构造函数?

公认的答案是，

In Java, the reason of public static void main(String[] args) is that Gosling wanted the code written by someone experienced in C (not in Java) to be executed by someone used to running PostScript on NeWS   For C#, the reasoning is transitively similar so to speak. Language designers kept the program entry point syntax familiar for programmers coming from Java. As C# architect Anders Hejlsberg puts it, ...our approach with C# has simply been to offer an alternative... to Java programmers... ...

c++、c#和Java中的主要方法是静态的。

这是因为它们可以被运行时引擎调用，而无需实例化任何对象，然后main主体中的代码将完成其余的工作。

让我用更简单的方式来解释这些事情:

public static void main(String args[])

除了applet，所有Java应用程序都从main()开始执行。

关键字public是一个访问修饰符，允许从类外部调用成员。

使用Static是因为它允许调用main()而不必实例化该类的特定实例。

Void表示main()不返回任何值。

public static void main(String args[])是什么意思?

public is an access specifier meaning anyone can access/invoke it such as JVM(Java Virtual Machine. static allows main() to be called before an object of the class has been created. This is neccesary because main() is called by the JVM before any objects are made. Since it is static it can be directly invoked via the class. class demo { private int length; private static int breadth; void output(){ length=5; System.out.println(length); } static void staticOutput(){ breadth=10; System.out.println(breadth); } public static void main(String args[]){ demo d1=new demo(); d1.output(); // Note here output() function is not static so here // we need to create object staticOutput(); // Note here staticOutput() function is static so here // we needn't to create object Similar is the case with main /* Although: demo.staticOutput(); Works fine d1.staticOutput(); Works fine */ } } Similarly, we use static sometime for user defined methods so that we need not to make objects. void indicates that the main() method being declared does not return a value. String[] args specifies the only parameter in the main() method. args - a parameter which contains an array of objects of class type String.