Returning to methods

[Chris Sanker]

When one calls up a method inside of another method, is it possible to return to the end point in the first method after they finish the second method?
In simpler terms: I go from the middle of M1 to M2. I finish M2. How do I go back to where I left off from in M1?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Assuming that the second method did not terminate the JVM (or that the JVM was not otherwise terminated), then control automatically returns to the first method that invoked the second method.
For example, the following code would produce the output
method1 begun
method2 invoked
method1 ended
were method1 properly invoked.

public class Foo
{
  public void method2()
  {
    System.out.println( "method2 invoked" );
  }
  
  public void method1()
  {
    System.out.println( "method1 begun" );
    method2();
    System.out.println( "method1 ended" );
  }
}