Java Error - Illegal Modifier for Parameter - Only

Question

What's wrong with the below Code

public static void main(String[] args){
        public static final String Name = "Robin Wilson";
    }

String Reference Name shows Compilation Error - Java Error - Illegal Modifier for Parameter Name - Only final Permitted

Am okay with the below given suggestions, but I want to understand why its not permitted, though both are static?

Answer 1

You can't declare this inside main, put it outside the method, you want it as a [class member]:

public static final String Name = "Robin Wilson";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {  }

Otherwise(I don't think this is what you want) just remove public static from there and simply write:

public static void main(String[] args){
    final String Name = "Robin Wilson";
}

Answer 2

Static declaration of a component makes in available on a class level. Declaring component in a method makes in available in method's stack memory hence can only be accessed through an object. Static belongs to the whole class. Therefore their is no point in declaring a variable static. You'll even get the compile time error if you try to do so. Final keyword has nothing related to memory.