Re: Beginners Problem - Static reference to non-static method

I am novice with Eclipse, and a beginner with Java, but I have 20+ years
experience as a programmer - coming to OO late in life.

I Have some code that looks like this:

// begin java

package com.mine.package

class MyClass {

  import java.io.*

  public static void main() {

    try {
        runMyMethod(); // <---- error here
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
       System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
  }

  public void runMyMethod() throws Exception {
      // do some things
  }
}

// end java

However, Eclipse generates the error "Cannot make static reference to to
non-static method in type MyClass" at the point noted.

I understand what it means (I think), but I don't understand why it is a
problem, and more importantly - How to fix it. There is a whole bunch
more stuff in the class. Making runMyMethod static fixes the problem
here, but then everything else in the class also has to be static.