Calling Main( ) from another class

Question

I have a class named TestMaze. I have another class named DisplayHome which has a method called gameOver():

public void gameOver()
    {
        Console.Write("GAME OVER!");
        Console.Write("Play Again? Y/N");
        if(char.ToLower(Convert.ToChar(Console.Read())=='y')
            //Main()
        else
            Environment.Exit(1);
    }

How can I call the Main method?
PS. they have the same namespace. I just need to know how can I call the Main method again.

You don't want to call `Main` again. As the answers below indicate, you need to refactor your code so that your `Main` method calls a `StartGame` function (or equivalent), and then call *that* function to play again. — Cody Gray - on strike, Jul 17 '11 at 11:40
@Reinan: Since downvotes on questions are free, people downvote all naive questions. Not that this is a great question, but I don't think one should be this aggressive towards it — Armen Tsirunyan, Jul 17 '11 at 11:42
@Armen I know why people downvotes. But i think i'm not supposed to be downvoted. anw, thanks guys. — Reinan Contawi, Jul 17 '11 at 11:45
@Reinan: I don't think you should be downvoted either :) But apparently people just aren't nice any more :) — Armen Tsirunyan, Jul 17 '11 at 11:47

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '11 at 11:38

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Refactor your code. Move whatever needs to be called into another function, and call it from both, main, and gameOver.

answered Jul 17 '11 at 11:38

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '11 at 11:38

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You should have a Play() method inside your Main... and GameOver() should call Play() if user enters 'y'.

answered Jul 17 '11 at 11:38

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that's a good suggestion. i haven't thought of that. I'm used to goto; – Reinan Contawi Jul 17 '11 at 11:40

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '11 at 11:37

Assuming Main is a static class method (which I'd imagine it is) you can simply use MyClass.Main(/*relevant args*/) - beware of course that it's going to be a fresh instantiation, it won't share any non-static variable data.

A possibly better solution however would be to put all your code into a separate class which is invoked/instantiated from Main() - your program can then pass a boolean back to the actual executable Main which will be used to decide whether or not to exit or loop.

And make sure `Main` has a proper protection level. `protected static int Main` will cause some extra work — lastr2d2, Oct 23 '13 at 07:20

Calling Main( ) from another class

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