Specifications

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Java™ Programming Language Module 2, slide 10 of 26
Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun Services, Revision F
Declaring Methods
• Basic syntax of a method:
<modifier>* <return_type> <name> ( <argument>* ) {
<statement>*
}
• Examples:
1 public class Dog {
2 private int weight;
3 public int getWeight() {
4 return weight;
5 }
6 public void setWeight(int newWeight) {
7 if ( newWeight > 0 ) {
8 weight = newWeight;
9}
10 }
11 }