Return Statement in Java

As the return keyword itself suggest that it is used to return something.At any time in a method, the return statement is used to cause the whole method to return a certain value and ignore all the statements underneath it.

In Java, return is a keyword that is used to exit from the method only with or without returning a value. Every method is declared with a return type in java and it is mandatory for Java methods.

    public class ReturnTypeTest2 {
   public int add(int x, int y) { // with arguments
      int z = x+y;
      return z;
   }
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      ReturnTypeTest2 test = new ReturnTypeTest2();
      int add = test.add(10, 20);
      System.out.println("The sum of x and y is: " + add);
   }
}