General syntax in creating a method?

A Java method declaration will look like this:

[access modifier] [static] [final] [synchronized] [return type] [method name]([parameters])

Where:

access modifier is exactly one of the following

• public
• protected
• (no text)
• private

static, final, and synchronized are all optional.

return type is exactly one of the following

• void
• The name of a Java primitive
• The name of a Java class

method name is a valid Java identifier which must conform to all of the following rules

• Starts with a lowercase letter (a-z), an uppercase letter (A-Z), a dollar sign ($), or an underscore (_)
• After the first character, may be a digit(0-9), a lowercase letter (a-z), an uppercase letter (A-Z), a dollar sign ($), or an underscore (_)
• May not be one of the Java keywords
• May not be one of the Java literals: true, false, or null

parameters is a comma-separated list of [type] [identifier] pairs, where:

• type is a valid Java primitive or class name
• identifier is a Java identifier, which conforms to the same rules as method name