Question

Can someone help explain to me what a method is ?

Answer 1

For java

Answer 2

I don't really get return key..........how we put void if it doesn't return a value.........if it doesnt return any value doesnt that make the method useless?

Answer 3

public static void printName(String name)
{
System.our.println(name);
}
not useless?

Answer 4

A method in any object-oriented programming language is the actions that an object can perform. The main method does not return a value but it is essential to any program

Answer 5

System.out.print - ing isn't consiedered returning a value ?

Answer 6

A method is just a function attached to a specific class of objects.

Answer 7

no, method does not return anything it just prints out to standard output

Answer 8

Ok thanks guys I'll try to research a bit more........ugh I hate my teacher.

Answer 9

@Tomas.A a method can return something

Answer 10

im speaking about my example

Answer 11

Sorry what exactly does "static" mean ? and what is the opposite of static?

Answer 12

did you learn OOP already?

Answer 13

Object Oriented programming ? I read over the definition myself in my textbok but we didnt go indepth

Answer 14

The main method of the program has the reserved word static which means it is allowed
to be used in the static context. A context relates to the use of computer memory during
the running of the program. When the virtual machine loads a program, it creates the static
context for it, allocating computer memory to store the program and its data, etc.. A dynamic
context is a certain kind of allocation of memory which is made later, during the running of the
program. The program would not be able to start if the main method was not allowed to run in
the static context.

Answer 15

you will learn about non static in OOP

Answer 16

and it's called dynamic lol

Answer 17

oh lol I dont think I need to learn that now then....since I never read anything about that.....thank you

Answer 18

Method is part of application which does specific task.

Answer 19

Methods are the tasks or actions that an object can perform. Going back to my Corvette example that I used in explaining object instances, moving forward or backward are examples of the methods that a Corvette object can perform. Turning left and right are also methods. Methods are often inherited from a superclass. For example, Corvette could be a subclass of the superclass Car. The class Car has generic methods that apply to all car objects and are inherited by any subclass of Car (Corvette, Legacy, Lancer, ect.) The objects of these subclasses can use the inherited methods of Car and the additional methods that are offered by its subclass. Shifting the example, let's say we still have the class Car, but we have a subclass Convertible. Instances of Convertible can go forward and backward as can any instance of Car or subclass of Car, but only instances of Convertible can put their top down because that is a unique method of Convertible.

Answer 20

Dynamic is something like an opposite to static.