I am researching a way to restart my java application by clicking a button on the GUI. I searched the web and came across main( new String[0]). I need to understand if this is an valid way to restart my application. Can someone please advise thanks.
private void bnNewsaleActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
main( new String[0]);
}
Edit Would this be better?
private void bnNewsaleActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
classname.this.dispose();
main( new String[0]);
}
It calls the static main
method with an empty string array. See if this makes it any clearer:
String[] args = new String[0]; // Or String[] args = {};
main(args);
Admittedly it's unusual to call a main
method from non-main method... and this won't really "restart" the application. It will call it from within your existing handler which may well have nasty consequences. I wouldn't recommend it.
If you can work out a way to start an entirely clean process, that would be a far more reliable "restart".