12.10: Vocabulary
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- argument:
- A value that you provide when you invoke a method. This value must have the same type as the corresponding parameter.
- invoke:
- To cause a method to execute. Also known as “calling” a method.
- parameter:
- A piece of information that a method requires before it can run. Parameters are variables: they contain values and have types.
- flow of execution:
- The order in which Java executes methods and statements. It may not necessarily be from top to bottom, left to right.
- parameter passing:
- The process of assigning an argument value to a parameter variable.
- local variable:
- A variable declared inside a method. Local variables cannot be accessed from outside their method.
- stack diagram:
- A graphical representation of the variables belonging to each method. The method calls are “stacked” from top to bottom, in the flow of execution.
- frame:
- In a stack diagram, a representation of the variables and parameters for a method, along with their current values.
- signature:
- The first line of a method that defines its name, return type, and parameters.
- Javadoc:
- A tool that reads Java source code and generates documentation in HTML format.
- documentation:
- Comments that describe the technical operation of a class or method.