Hello World in Java 25

problem

A classic introduction program when learning or testing out a new language. In this case Java version 25. Let’s see a simple Hello World program.

SOLUTION

We will write a program that when it runs, simply outputs a “Hello World” message on the screen/ console.

Main.java

				
					void main() {
   IO.println("Hello World!");
}
				
			

running

				
					java Hello25.java
				
			

Note Make sure Java version 25 is set in the terminal e.g. by sdkman ×

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output

Note In Java 25, we can simply invoke java on the class file. No need to run javac first to compile and then java on the class file. ×

INPUT - read from console

Let’s ask the user to enter their name. We can do it simply by using the IO.readln() method as follows:

Main.java

				
					void main() {
   var name = IO.readln("What is your name?");
   IO.print("Hello ");
   IO.println(name);
}
				
			

running

				
					java Main.java
				
			

output

Program arguments

If we wish to use program arguments, we can simply write the parameter in the main method as follows:

Main.java

				
					void main(String[] args) {
}

				
			

And then use them in our code. For example, doing a for loop to print their values.

Main.java

				
					void main(String[] args) {
   IO.println("Program arguments:");
   for(String arg : args) {
       IO.println(arg);
   }
}
				
			

running

				
					java Main.java argument1 argument2 etc
				
			

output

conclusion

In this post we saw how to write a Hello World in Java 25 and also how to prompt the user to type their name.

References:

https://openjdk.org/jeps/512

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/IO.html#readln()

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Ellion

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