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Error Message: The system couldn't find a suitable main method or

 
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nrp88
post 11 Oct, 2008 - 07:32 AM
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Everytime I try and Run (execute) this code, it gives me this error message. " The system couldn't find a suitable main method or htm(l) file in the active project" "

This happens now whenever I try and run anything I have made in the past, and this code below, which does compile correctly and according to my professor, should run correctly. Is there something I can do to the program to fix this error?

Here is the code that will not work, but compiles perfectly.

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class MainApplication {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        
        Dog fido = new Dog();    
        
        fido.bark(5);
        
    }
}

// Class Dog
class Dog {

       public void bark(int iterations){
           
           int i = 0;
           
           while (i < iterations) {
           
            System.out.println("ruff");
            
            i++;

          }
    }

}


PLEASE HELP ME!
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post 11 Oct, 2008 - 07:43 AM
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If your code is in a file named MainApplication.java
and you do at the console prompt:

> javac MainApplication.java
> java MainApplication

it should work... and all filename letters are case sensitive
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post 11 Oct, 2008 - 07:43 AM
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Did you save the two classes in separate files? What about the filenames, are they the same as the class-names?
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