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Beginning Java 17 Fundamentals: Object-Oriented Programming in Java 17

Name: Beginning Java 17 Fundamentals: Object-Oriented Programming in Java 17
ISBN: 9781484273074

by Kishori Sharan, Adam L. Davis

November 2021

Beginner

1023 pages

28h 40m

English

Apress

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K. Sharan, A. L. DavisBeginning Java 17 Fundamentalshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7307-4_8

8. Methods

Kishori Sharan¹ and Adam L. Davis²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Oviedo, FL, USA

In this chapter, you will learn:

What methods are and how to declare methods in a class
The meaning of the pronoun this in a Java program
What local variables are and rules for using them
How to invoke methods of a class
Different parameter-passing mechanisms in general and parameter-passing mechanisms in Java
How to declare and use var-args parameters

Example classes in this chapter are in the com.jdojo.cls package, which is a member of the jdojo.cls module. You created the jdojo.cls module in Chapter 7.

What Is a Method?

A method in ...

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