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Writing Methods

Ethan Taylor

Ethan Taylor

5 min read

Study Guide Overview

This study guide covers pass-by-value for primitive and reference variables in Java. It focuses on writing methods in Java classes, including examples for an Assignment and Student class. The guide demonstrates method structure with Javadoc comments, new instance variables, and explains method headers (access modifiers, return types, method names, and parameters).

Question 1 of 11

What happens when you pass a primitive variable to a method in Java? ๐Ÿค”

The method receives the original variable itself

The method receives a copy of the variable's value

The method receives a reference to the variable's memory location

The method cannot access primitive variables