Return type

Return type

In computer programming, the return type defines and constrains the type of value returned from calling a method or function. The return type must be explicitly mentioned when declaring a function in many statically-typed languages, such as Java, C++, C, and many others.

A Java example could be:

public int someMethod()

In this example, the return type is "int", and Java requires that this be explicitly declared. The program can therefore rely on the method returning a value of type "int". If a subroutine does not return any information, it needs to have a return type of "void" (the unit type) in some programming languages:

public void returnNothing()

ee also

* Data type


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