Java Programming
⚡ Methods in Java (Functions) ⭐
Now you’ve reached a very important concept — Methods.
This is where your code becomes clean, reusable, and interview-ready.
✅ 1️⃣ What is a Method?
👉 A method is a block of code that performs a task.
Instead of writing the same code again and again → you reuse it.
🔹 Example Without Method:
System.out.println("Hello");
System.out.println("Hello");
System.out.println("Hello");
🔹 With Method:
void sayHello() {
System.out.println("Hello");
}
👉 Now you can call it multiple times.
✅ 2️⃣ Method Syntax
returnType methodName(parameters) {
// code
}
Example:
void greet() {
System.out.println("Hello Java");
}
✅ 3️⃣ Calling a Method
class Test {
static void greet() {
System.out.println("Hello");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
greet(); // method call
}
}
🔹 4️⃣ Types of Methods
1️⃣ Without parameters, no return
2️⃣ With parameters
3️⃣ With return value
4️⃣ With parameters + return
⭐ 1. No Parameters, No Return
static void show() {
System.out.println("Java");
}
⭐ 2. With Parameters
static void add(int a, int b) {
System.out.println(a + b);
}
Call:
add(5, 3);
⭐ 3. With Return Value
static int square(int x) {
return x x;
}
Call:
int result = square(4);
⭐ 4. Parameters + Return
static int add(int a, int b) {
return a + b;
}
🔹 5️⃣ Method Overloading (Important ⭐)
👉 Same method name, different parameters
Example:
static int add(int a, int b) {
return a + b;
}
static double add(double a, double b) {
return a + b;
}
👉 Java decides method based on arguments
🔹 6️⃣ Recursion (Interview Favorite ⭐)
👉 Method calling itself
Example:
static void printNumbers(int n) {
if (n == 0) return;
System.out.println(n);
printNumbers(n - 1);
}
Call:
printNumbers(5);
Output:
5
4
3
2
1
🔥 7️⃣ Important Keywords
- return: sends value back
- void: no return value
- static: no object needed
- parameters: input values
🔥 Example Program
class MethodDemo {
static int add(int a, int b) {
return a + b;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int result = add(10, 5);
System.out.println(result);
}
}
⭐ Common Interview Questions
- What is a method?
- Difference between function and method?
- What is method overloading?
- What is recursion?
- Difference between void and return?
🔥 Quick Revision
- Method → reusable code
- Parameters → input
- Return → output
- Overloading → same name, different args
- Recursion → method calls itself
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