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method definition
subject			fact

method definition	does not have to occur before calls to that method
	has example int[] makeRange(int lower int upper) { //body of this method }
	has part the name of the method a list of parameters the type of object or primitive type returned by the method the body of the method
	has purpose to define a method
	has syntax accessLevel static abstract final native synchronized returnType methodName (parameterList) throws exceptions { MethodBody }
	is a subtopic of Methods
	is a kind of definition
definition	causes a compiler to set aside memory at compile time
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional