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- One of the classes of patentable inventions (a process) under U.S. law. MPEP 706.01(a).
Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D. - Cite This Source - This Definition - basic patent or pioneer patent, Harmonization, infrastructure, process, Product of Nature
- The part of a class definition that implements some of the behavior of objects of the class. The body of the method contains declarations of local variables and statements to implement the behavior. A method receives input via its arguments, if any, and may return a result if it has not been declared as
void.
David J. Barnes - Cite This Source - This Definition - A function defined in a class. See also instance method, class method. Unless specified otherwise, a method is not static.
Sun Microsystems - Cite This Source - This Definition - class, classpath, encapsulation, functional programming, global variable, imperative programming, lexicographic ordering, locale
- A kind of action that an "object" can take if you tell it to. See perlobj.
Perl - Cite This Source - This Definition - accessor method, class, class method, destroy, destructor, dispatch, encapsulation, global destruction, Handler, invocant, invocation, static method