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Java instance method comparison table

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instance method equivalent to the terms "routine", "function" or "procedure" which are used in non object oriented languages method 2.4 - Methods, Operations and Polymorphism A method that executes in the context of a particular object; it has access to the instance variables of the given object, and can refer to the object itself using the 'this' keyword (in Java and C++)

Java method side effects if it does not modify any data, and does not leave behind any information, other than its result, that would have an effect on other computations public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package its caller from only one place which should be the last statement method 9.1 - The Process of Design a method in a superclass with the same name a special-purpose function such as the user interface for a particular system other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default if related aspects of a system are kept together in this module, and unrelated aspects are kept out

Java instance method the object itself using the 'this' keyword side effects if it does not modify any data, and does not leave behind any information, other than its result, that would have an effect on other computations public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package its caller from only one place which should be the last statement Java method The Basics of Java
public float credit(float amountToCredit)
{
balance = balance + amountToCredit;
return balance;
}
void if it does not return anything a method in a superclass with the same name a special-purpose function such as the user interface for a particular system other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default return type public, protected or private if related aspects of a system are kept together in this module, and unrelated aspects are kept out

Subject	refer to	lack	be	return to	is a kind of	is a subtopic of	have example	have return type	override	perform	access by	has part	has definition	declare	have high cohesion
instance method			equivalent to the terms "routine", "function" or "procedure" which are used in non object oriented languages		method	2.4 - Methods, Operations and Polymorphism							A method that executes in the context of a particular object; it has access to the instance variables of the given object, and can refer to the object itself using the 'this' keyword (in Java and C++)
Java method		side effects if it does not modify any data, and does not leave behind any information, other than its result, that would have an effect on other computations	public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package	its caller from only one place which should be the last statement	method	9.1 - The Process of Design			a method in a superclass with the same name	a special-purpose function such as the user interface for a particular system	other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default				if related aspects of a system are kept together in this module, and unrelated aspects are kept out
Java instance method	the object itself using the 'this' keyword	side effects if it does not modify any data, and does not leave behind any information, other than its result, that would have an effect on other computations	public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package	its caller from only one place which should be the last statement	Java method	The Basics of Java	public float credit(float amountToCredit) { balance = balance + amountToCredit; return balance; }	void if it does not return anything	a method in a superclass with the same name	a special-purpose function such as the user interface for a particular system	other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default	return type		public, protected or private	if related aspects of a system are kept together in this module, and unrelated aspects are kept out

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