Name: akC45999 Date: 07/03/98



The Java VM spec chapter "2.16.1 Virtual Machine Start-up" reads:
...
The method main must be declared public, static, and void.

But the attached test shows that VM doesn't reject a class containing
method main() declared without public keyword.

--------------------------------- execution00201.jasm

public class execution00201
{

static Method main:"([Ljava/lang/String;)V"
stack 2 locals 1
{
bipush 95/*STATUS_TEMP*/;
invokestatic Method java/lang/System.exit:"(I)V";
return;
}
} // end Class execution00201
 
------------------------------------- dotest

#!/bin/sh
TESTCLASSES=/opt/home/testclasses
CLASSPATH=$TESTCLASSES
export CLASSPATH

jasm -d $TESTCLASSES execution00201.jasm
java -verify execution00201;
echo res=$?

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Running the test:

novo48% dotest
res=95
novo48%

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