I just thought I'd chip in on this one. It's been answered perfectly well by others though.
The full main method declaration should be :
public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
}
The args are declared final because technically they should not be altered. They are console parameters given by the user.
You should usually specify that main throws Exception so that stack traces can be echoed to console easily without needing to do e.printStackTrace() etc.
As for Array Syntax. I prefer it this way. I suppose that it's a little bit like the difference between french and english. In English it's "a black car", in french it's "a car black". Which is the important noun, car, or black?
I don't like this sort of thing :
String blah[] = {};
What's important here is that it's a String array, so it should be
String[] blah = {};
blah is just a name. I personally think it's a bit of a mistake in Java that arrays can sometimes be declared in that manner.