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Java/RecursiveFactorial/src/Main.java

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+/**
+ * @author Twenty Codes, LLC
+ * @author ricky barrette
+ * @date Nov 26, 2010
+ */
+
+/**
+ * this is a simple class to demonstrate java's recursive ability
+ * @author ricky barrette
+ */
+public class Main {
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new Main
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	public Main() {
+		System.out.println(factorial(5));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * this method will calculate the factorial of an integer
+	 * @param i
+	 * @return the factorial of the supplied number
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	private long factorial(int i) {
+		/*
+		 * if the number is greater than 1, then we continue
+		 * else we return our results
+		 */
+		if(i > 1)
+			return factorial(i -1) * i;
+		return i;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * main method, called when the application starts
+	 * @param args
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		new Main();
+	}
+
+}