[Bluej-discuss] bluej-discuss Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13

[Chris Share]

Thanks, that's an interesting idea. I'll give it a go.

Cheers,

Chris

Stephen Bloch wrote:
> Chris Share wrote:
> 
>> > I'm new to BlueJ. I'm a C programmer using Java/BlueJ for some 
>>
>>> prototyping.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if there was a way to run a project's main method 
>>> using
>>> key commands?
> 
> 
> to which Todd O'Bryan replied with various helpful tips, and Chris replied:
> 
>>Thanks, I was hoping for a key command like F5...
>>
>>Also, it's a pain to have to set the args each time.
> 
> 
> It occurs to me that for prototyping purposes, Chris may not need a 
> "main" method at all.  One of BlueJ's nicest features is the ability 
> to invoke ANY method directly, either from the CodePad or with the 
> mouse.
> 
> So if you want to test a whole app that doesn't care about 
> command-line arguments, write a static method that takes no arguments 
> and does all the work, and invoke it directly (without worrying about 
> setting args, since there are none).  Once the program is tested and 
> debugged and you need to deliver it to non-BlueJ-users, add a "public 
> static void main(String[] args)" method that just calls your previous 
> method.
> 
> Even better, if you want to test only a part of the program, you can 
> do that by calling the method in question directly, rather than 
> writing a main method that calls it.
>