scala
trait Application

[source: `scala/Application.scala`]

`` `trait` Application
  `extends` AnyRef

  The `Application` class can be used to quickly turn objects into executable programs. Here is an example:

        object Main extends Application {
          Console.println("Hello World!")
        }

  Here, object `Main` inherits the `main` method of `Application`. The body of the `Main` object defines the main program. This technique does not work if the main program depends on command-line arguments (which are not accessible with the technique presented here).

  It is possible to time the execution of objects that inherit from class `Application` by setting the global `scala.time` property. Here is an example for benchmarking object `Main`:

        java -Dscala.time Main

Author
  Matthias Zenger
Version
  1.0, 10/09/2003

Value Summary
`val` | executionStart : Long The time when execution of this program started.

Method Summary
`def` | main (args : Array[java.lang.String]) : Unit The default main method.

Methods inherited from AnyRef
getClass, hashCode, equals, clone, toString, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait, finalize, ==, !=, eq, ne, synchronized

Methods inherited from Any
==, !=, isInstanceOf, asInstanceOf

Value Details

`` `val` executionStart : Long

  The time when execution of this program started.

Method Details

`` `def` main(args : Array[java.lang.String]) : Unit

  The default main method.

Parameters
  `args -` the arguments passed to the main method