Native Method

[Vanitha Sugumaran]

1>> Can a native method have a return type?
2>> Ques. from Marcus Mock Exam 2
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Adding more classes via import statements will cause a performance overhead,
only import classes you actually use.
2) Under no circumstances can a class be defined with the private modifier
3) A inner class may under some circumstances be defined with the protected
modifier
4) An interface cannot be instantiated
The answer is 3, 4.
Why not 2?
Thanks,
Vanitha.

[Junilu Lacar]

>> Why not 2?
An inner class can be private.
Junilu

[Cindy Glass]

Inner classes can be private.

[Jyotsna Umesh]

hi!
second option is false becoz inner classes can be private.

Originally posted by Vanitha Sugumaran:
1>> Can a native method have a return type?
2>> Ques. from Marcus Mock Exam 2
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Adding more classes via import statements will cause a performance overhead,
only import classes you actually use.
2) Under no circumstances can a class be defined with the private modifier
3) A inner class may under some circumstances be defined with the protected
modifier
4) An interface cannot be instantiated
The answer is 3, 4.
Why not 2?
Thanks,
Vanitha.

[Bin Wang]

1>> Can a native method have a return type?
I know native method can have void as its return type which means nothing will be returned. But it still is return type, right?
Can native method have return type other than void?
For example:
native int method();
Please help.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Bin,
Yes, native methods can have a return type other than <code>void</code>
See JLS §8.4.3.4 Native Methods
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform