Methods in java

 Methods in Java

Methods:

    (DRY)- don\t repeat yourself

        the method in Java is a collection of instructions that performs a specific task.

Creating Methods:

Public static int methodName(int a, int b){
	//body
}

The syntax shown above includes -

modifire	It defines the access type of the method and it is optional to use.
returnType	Method may return a value.
nameOfMethod	This is the method name. The method signature consists of the method name and the parameter list.
Parameter List	The list of paramethers, it is the type, order,and number of parameters of a method. These are optional, method may contain zero parameters.
method body	The method body defines what the method does with the statements.

Example

public class Introduction {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        int x = 34, y = 43;
        int result = maxOf(x, y);
        System.out.println(result + " is max");
    }

    static int maxOf(int a, int b) {
        if (a > b) {
            return a;
        } else {
            return b;
        }

        // return a > b ? a : b;
    }
}

43 is max

Method Overloading:

    When a class has two or more methods by the same name but different parameters, it is known as method overloading

Ex.

int maxOf(int a, int b){
}

int maxOf(int a, int b, int c){
}

int maxOf(float a, float b){
}