Is it possible to add main method in c# class and run it like in Java?

Question

Basically i know when in Java I add main method then I can run it independently on my project. But I cannot figure out how to do it in Visual Studio :(.

Answer 1

Yes, you can define a method that is called Main in C# too.

According to MSDN :

The Main method is the entry point of a C# console application or windows application. There can only be one entry point in a C# program. If you have more than one class that has a Main method, you must compile your program with the /main compiler option to specify which Main method to use as the entry point.

public class Program
{
    private void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // This code will run on your program's startup
    }
}

Answer 2

In Java, each class will generate a .class file before it is compiled into a JAR or whatever binary format used to deploy it. This allows the Java executable to run a single class when it contains a main method. Unfortunately, the smallest binary format of a runnable C# application is a .exe file. A single executable project will output only one .exe file, this means each project may only have a single Main method.

What you can do is create a Main method in your class and rename the original Main method to Main2 or something like that, then run your project to see the results.