If public, the method is visible and callable everywhere, and inherited by all subclasses.
If protected, it is visible and callable within the package but inherited everywhere.
If private, it is visible nowhere, nor is it inherited.

Otherwise, it is visible, callable, and inheritable only within the package.

If static, the method belongs to the class (factory, recipe) and not to its instances. In this case, it is referenced as ClassName.methodName rather than through its instances.

final

If abstract, the method body is replaced by a semicolon (;) and the class is alsoabstract, i.e., it cannot be instantiated (used with new). The method body is typically defined in a non-abstract (instantiable) subclass.

If final, the method must not be abstract and may not be overridden (shadowed) in subclasses.

If synchronized, method cannot begin to execute an exclusive lock has been obtained on the containing object (i.e., the instance denoted by this, for non-static methods, or the class, for c methods).

If native, the method is defined in a language other than Java and hence outside the scope of this course.

May be a class or interface name, one of the eight Java primitive types, an array type, or the special keyword void

Each ArgType may be a class or interface name, one of the eight Java primitive types, or an array type. When the method is invoked, arguments of appropriate types must be supplied.

If there is more than one ArgType argName pair, the pairs are separated by commas.

Parentheses must be present even if the argument list is empty.

This declaration must be present if methodName or any method called by it might throw an uncaught exception of type ExceptionName⁵

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Body may contain one or more statement.

If braces and body are absent, aemicolon is used insead and method is abstract.