does the class containing the main method need to be declared public? is it necessary to do so? also i would like to know if we can declare more than 1 class as public in a java file?

Answer 1

Yes, main needs to be public, and yes, you can declare more than one public method.

Answer 2

no and yes

Answer 3

yes & yes

Answer 4

yes main should be in public class and we can have any number of classes as public