JAVA Programming : Methods

JAVA Methods

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A Java method contains set of Java statements which is declared inside a Java class. Methods are where class logic is stored or where the actual work gets done. Java methods are similar to functions or procedures in other programming languages.

A Java method declaration various parts like Modifiers, Return Type, Method name, parameter and and there is one more thing exceptions that can also be part of a method.

Syntex of a Java Method :

Modifier ReturnType MethodName ( Parameters ){                 // set of java statements                                         }

Example of a Java Method :

public int giveSum (int a, int b){            int ans = a + b;     return ans;     }

Once a method is defined, it can be called with in a Java class just by writing name of the method followed by parameters in the brackets according to method definition and followed by a semicolon. For example if above method giveSum is to called then :

giveSum(10,20);  //calling a method