Methods
Let's take a look at the basic anatomy of a Java class method.
Methods determine what functions an object can perform. In fact, another name for method is literally function.
Method: an abstraction
A class’s method is an abstraction for the user. The user only needs to know what a method does, not how a method does something.
For example, in a previous lesson, we discussed the Quadrilateral class. It may have a method to calculate the area. Let’s call it calculateArea
. As a programmer, you do not need to know how ...
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