"The public type <<classname>> must be defined in its own file" error in Eclipse
If .java
file contains top level (not nested) public
class, it has to have the same name as that public class. So if you have class like public class A{...}
it needs to be placed in A.java
file. Because of that we can't have two public classes in one .java
file.
If having two public classes would be allowed then, and lets say aside from public A
class file would also contain public class B{}
it would require from A.java
file to be also named as B.java
but files can't have two (or more) names (at least in all systems on which Java can be run).
So assuming your code is placed in StaticDemoShow.java
file you have two options:
If you want to have other class in same file make them non-public (lack of visibility modifier will represent default/package-private visibility)
class StaticDemo { // It can no longer public static int a = 3; static int b = 4; static { System.out.println("Voila! Static block put into action"); } static void show() { System.out.println("a= " + a); System.out.println("b= " + b); } } public class StaticDemoShow { // Only one top level public class in same .java file public static void main() { StaticDemo.show(); } }
Move all public classes to their own
.java
files. So in your case you would need to split it into two files:StaticDemo.java
public class StaticDemo { // Note: same name as name of file static int a = 3; static int b = 4; static { System.out.println("Voila! Static block put into action"); } static void show() { System.out.println("a= " + a); System.out.println("b= " + b); } }
StaticDemoShow.java
public class StaticDemoShow { public static void main() { StaticDemo.show(); } }
Cant have two public classes in same file
public class StaticDemo{
Change to
class StaticDemo{
Java rule : One public
class in one file.