IAS 1313:

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER 4:
Methods- Introduction to Methods

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 Content
Introduction to Method
Creating and invoking method
Passing parameter
Overloading methods VS overriding methods

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 Introduction to methods
Methods consist of following:

Method header

Method definition

Invoke Method

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 Method Header

Accessibility Method Formal

modifier Name Parameters

public int max (int num1, int num2)

Return value
type

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 Exercise
Write the method header for the following:
A) a method called calculate area that return
double value with no arguments

B) a method called get salary that return

double value using number of hours worked

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 Method Definition
public int max (int num1, int num2)
Local
{ variable

int result;
if(num1>num2) Method
result = num1; Body

else
result=num2;
return result; Return
statement
}
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 Invoke Method
Create an object

Using the object, call/invoke/access the

method

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 Sample of Invoke a Method
public class test
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
number number1 = new number();
object
number1.max(5,6);
} method Actual
parameter
}
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 Important Terms
Method signature is the
combination of the method name
and the parameter list.
The variables defined in the
method header are known as
formal parameters.
When a method is invoked, you
pass a value to the parameter. This
value is referred to as actual
parameter or argument.
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 Example:
The predictRaise() Method

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 Local Variable
Known only within boundaries of method

Each time method executes

Variable re declared
New memory location large enough to hold type
set up and named

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Example: Method that Accepts Two
Arguments

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Creating Methods that Return Values

Primitive Type
Return either double, int, char, String
At the end MUST have return statement

Void
Return nothing
Cannot have return

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 Example:
return statement
Primitive Type Void

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Type of Method

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 Next Session
Next session on method will cover the
following:
A) CONTROL STRUCTURE
B) interactive input

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THANKS

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