CS 101 - Notes 9/14/2010

Methods - create a "subprogram"
   which is a sequence of instructions
   that get executed whenever we call that method.

Writing methods allows the programmer to
   create his/her own library of tasks.

main is a method.  It is the method where the
    execution of a Java program begins.

The first line of a method is normally of the form:

  public static <returnType> <methodName> ( <ParamList> )

for example:

  public static void drawSqaure (Turle tParam)

  <returnType> is "void"
  <methodName> is "drawSquare"
  <ParamList>  is "Turtle tParam"

  The items in the <ParamList> consist of 2 piece of 
    information.
      The Parameter Type, which is "Turle" in the example
      The parameter Name, which is "tParam" in the example


To call the method, we write the <methodName> followed
    by a list of values that we want to use as the
    Parameters in the method's operation/task.