这只是惯例。事实上，甚至main()的名称和传入的参数都是纯粹的约定。

当您运行Java .exe(或Windows上的javaw.exe)时，真正发生的是几个Java本机接口(JNI)调用。这些调用加载的DLL是真正的JVM(没错，java.exe不是JVM)。JNI是我们用来连接虚拟机世界和C、c++等语言世界的工具。反过来也是对的——不使用JNI是不可能让JVM运行的(至少据我所知)。

基本上，java.exe是一个超级简单的C应用程序，它解析命令行，在JVM中创建一个新的String数组来保存这些参数，解析出您指定的包含main()的类名，使用JNI调用查找main()方法本身，然后调用main()方法，将新创建的字符串数组作为参数传入。这非常非常类似于您从Java中使用反射时所做的事情——它只是使用了令人混淆的命名本机函数调用。

编写自己版本的java.exe(源代码随JDK一起分发)并让它做一些完全不同的事情是完全合法的。事实上，这正是我们对所有基于java的应用程序所做的。

我们的每个Java应用程序都有自己的启动器。我们这样做主要是为了得到我们自己的图标和进程名，但在其他情况下，当我们想做一些常规的main()调用之外的事情来让事情继续进行时，它也很方便(例如，在一种情况下，我们正在进行COM互操作性，我们实际上将COM句柄传递给main()而不是字符串数组)。

So, long and short: the reason it is static is b/c that's convenient. The reason it's called 'main' is that it had to be something, and main() is what they did in the old days of C (and in those days, the name of the function was important). I suppose that java.exe could have allowed you to just specify a fully qualified main method name, instead of just the class (java com.mycompany.Foo.someSpecialMain) - but that just makes it harder on IDEs to auto-detect the 'launchable' classes in a project.

否则，它将需要一个对象的实例来执行。但是它必须从头开始调用，而不是首先构造对象，因为它通常是main()函数(bootstrap)的任务，解析参数并构造对象，通常是通过使用这些参数/程序参数。

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.

这背后的原因很简单，因为对象不需要调用静态方法，如果它是非静态方法，java虚拟机先创建对象，然后调用main()方法，这将导致额外的内存分配问题。

The main method of the program has the reserved word static which means it is allowed to be used in the static context. A context relates to the use of computer memory during the running of the program. When the virtual machine loads a program, it creates the static context for it, allocating computer memory to store the program and its data, etc.. A dynamic context is certain kind of allocation of memory which is made later, during the running of the program. The program would not be able to start if the main method was not allowed to run in the static context.

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... ...