In the current series of posts I am writing on reducing the number of parameters required to call Java methods and constructors, I have focused so far on approaches that directly affect the ...

Learn seven advanced techniques for working with fields and methods in Java, including recursion, method call chaining, pass-by-value arguments, and rules for calling methods ...

In Java, we want to specify what data type is to be returned once the method has completed. We call this a return type. It may return another object, a primitive, or even nothing! As we have seen, to ...

Java allows for Covariant Return Types, which means you can vary your return type as long you are returning a subclass of your specified return type. Method Overriding allows a subclass to override ...

This post explains how to call a method in Java. Learn how to define methods, call them from other classes, and pass arguments!

In Java bytecode, any method is instead identified by a signature that does include the method’s return type. Therefore, a Java class file can include two methods that only differ by their ...

There is a reason why Java method modifiers exist. If you call public methods internally and don't understand why, your developers could face major class issues.