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- 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
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