Factorial of The Number Using Recursion Function in Java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
public class JavaFactorialRecursion {
       
        public static void main(String args[]) throws NumberFormatException, IOException{
             System.out.println("Enter the number: ");
                BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                int a = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
                int result= fact(a);
                System.out.println("Factorial of the number is: " + result);
        }
       
        static int fact(int b)
        {
                if(b <= 1)
                        //if the number is 1 then return 1
                        return 1;
                else
                        //else call the same function with the value - 1
                        return b * fact(b-1);
        }
}