Below is an incredibly simple example of code that can be written in Java. In the example, “Hello World” is printed 5 times with the number of the print proceeding the String
.
To use the code, save the following code block to a file called HelloWorld.java
. To compile, run javac HelloWorld.java
and then java HelloWorld
to run.
0001 /** 0002 * HelloWorld.java 0003 * 0004 * This class is a simple demonstration for the basics of Java. 0005 * 0006 * @author B[]Array 0007 **/ 0008 public class HelloWorld{ 0009 /** 0010 * main() 0011 * 0012 * Program entry point responsible for creating an instance the 0013 * HelloWorld class. 0014 * 0015 * @param args The command line arguments to the program. 0016 **/ 0017 public static void main(String[] args){ 0018 // Instantiate and store an instance of HelloWorld 0019 HelloWorld hw = new HelloWorld(5); 0020 // Program self terminates here 0021 } 0022 0023 /** 0024 * HelloWorld() 0025 * 0026 * Constructor for class, responsible for running all code in instance. 0027 * 0028 * @param count The number of lines "Hello World" lines to be printed. 0029 **/ 0030 public HelloWorld(int count){ 0031 // Itterate over the number of prints we wish to do 0032 for(int i = 0; i < count; i++){ 0033 // Print line with line number 0034 System.out.println(i + " Hello World"); 0035 } 0036 } 0037 }
As you can see, Java is a really quick and easy program to get started with!