Commanding The Demons

*** What you will pay the demon.  This price is called the '''arguments''' of the method, and for this demon there is a standard price.  Not blood as you may think, but 'String[] args'.  These too shall be made clear as we progress.  You will notice that the '''arguments''' are enclosed in ordinary parentheses.

*** What you will pay the demon.  This price is called the '''arguments''' of the method, and for this demon there is a standard price.  Not blood as you may think, but 'String[] args'.  These too shall be made clear as we progress.  You will notice that the '''arguments''' are enclosed in ordinary parentheses.

** A '''signature''' can be recognized by residing within the class body and having a name followed by arguments enclosed in parentheses.  Betimes there will be a long list of arguments inside the parentheses.  Other times there will be no arguments but still there will be parentheses to show where they might be: '()'.  Fear not the complexity of the arguments; recognize only that they are enclosed in parentheses.

** A '''signature''' can be recognized by residing within the class body and having a name followed by arguments enclosed in parentheses.  Betimes there will be a long list of arguments inside the parentheses.  Other times there will be no arguments but still there will be parentheses to show where they might be: '()'.  Fear not the complexity of the arguments; recognize only that they are enclosed in parentheses.

* The second part of the '''method''' is called the '''body'''.   

* The second part of the '''method''' is called the '''body'''.   

** Just as the class body is enclosed in curly braces, so a method body is enclosed in curly braces.    And again, curly braces make a block and so a method body is a block.

** Just as the class body is enclosed in curly braces, so a method body is enclosed in curly braces.    And again, curly braces make a block and so a method body is a block.