Question

if i make a method "public String Encrypt( File blah, String stuff){" what is the syntax for using it in the main method?

Answer 1

File file; // initialize this somehow
String stuff; // set this to whatever you need
String result = Encrypt(file, stuff);

Answer 2

Well, if this is Java dmancine's answer isn't exactly right. Let's say Encrypt belongs to some class named FooBar. Since main is a static method, you either have to make Encrypt static or create and instance of the FooBar class inside the main method.

You have to create the instance of the class *even* if the main method is also in the FooBar class. So to alter dmancine's answer you would have:

File file; //init this
String stuff; //put stuff here
FooBar objFooBar = new FooBar(); //do this because Encrypt isn't static but main is.
String result = objFooBar.Encrypt(file, stuff);

As I mentioned above if you make Encrypt static, then dmancine's answer will work just fine. But only if you make it static.