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method body

subject fact

method body can contain 0 or more local variable declaration added by: DS, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:37:23.0
has definition One of two parts of an method definition (the other part is the method declaration) added by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, reference: Source 2, 2001-10-19 11:37:23.0
has purpose to specify the constant declarations and variable declarations of a method added by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:37:23.0
is a subtopic of Methods
is a kind of body

block has example
{
a =5;
b = computeSomething;
}
2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
has layout example style preferred by Sun:
if(condition) {
// statements
}
has layout example style preferred by the authors:
if(condition)
{
// statements
}
is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

method body	can contain 0 or more local variable declaration
	has definition One of two parts of an method definition (the other part is the method declaration)
	has purpose to specify the constant declarations and variable declarations of a method
	is a subtopic of Methods
	is a kind of body
block	has example { a =5; b = computeSomething; }
	has layout example style preferred by Sun: if(condition) { // statements }
	has layout example style preferred by the authors: if(condition) { // statements }
	is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional