# Application entry

Application entry-point
-----------------------
The framework library expects an entry-point which is a static method
of some public class, accepting one parameter. The entry-point to an
application should be configured in the application's pom.xml like this

    <build>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>io.aalam.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>aalam-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.0</version>
        <configuration>
            <entryPoint>io.aalam.demo.TestApp:entryHandler</entryPoint>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
    </build>

The `entryPoint` value should be in the format

    public.module.path:static_method_name

Ex. Lets you have to following directory struct for your app

    /
        pom.xml
        src/
          main/
            java/
              io/
                aalam/
                  demo/
                    TestApp.java

And you have a *public class* in it that has a static method defined in the
name entryHandler then the entry-point should look like

    io.aalam.demo.TestApp:entryHandler

The entry-point should accept one parameter. This parameter signifies the
state at which the application is started. The state of the application
is determined by how the application is started, at any time, only one of the
states is applicable.

See [Callbacks](io/aalam/common/Callbacks.rst) class for more information.