What's the difference between return and return()

[Parka Teoh]

Let's say I have a getter method.

What is the difference between a return and a return()?

public void getMethod(){
  return myInt;
}

public void getMethod(){
   return(myInt);
}

[ October 19, 2004: Message edited by: Parka Teoh ]

[Barry Gaunt]

Nothing.

return returns the result of an expression. An expression can be enclosed in a pair of redundant parentheses.

So you could write

return ((((( myInt )))));  

if you want.


But if your method's return type is void you cannot write return (); - it must be just return;
[ October 19, 2004: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]