Oct 13, 2012 · The numbers method returns the int array, but you're doing nothing with the returned array. What do you expect, a magical force that will print the array in the console?

yes, if something is immutable, it shouldn't be returning something internal that is mutable, like an array, in the first place. my answer was specific to this specific case, where it is returning a new array, …

Is there any way in java to return a new array without assigning it first to a variable? Here is an example: public class Data { private int a; private int b; private int c; privat...

Apr 1, 2010 · Well, you can only actually return an array of references to objects - no expressions in Java actually evaluate to objects themselves. Having said that, returning an array of Object …

Feb 24, 2017 · The above method does not return an array par se, instead it returns a reference to the array. In the calling function you can collect this return value in another reference like:

Sep 11, 2015 · I'm doing my first steps in java, so my question is simple - I have an array with 8 integers and I want to return an array that contains the odd index elements from the original array. what's …

Feb 28, 2016 · 38 You can directly write the array in modern Java, without an initializer. Your example is now valid. It is generally best to name the parameter anyway.

To summarize here, type erasure removes the type, so if you want to return a generic array of a specific type, you will need to pass in that type.

90 A different way to return an empty array is to use a constant as all empty arrays of a given type are the same.

Jun 11, 2015 · In Java you can return only a single object. Either return the array and get its length or create a type with the required attributes to return the object.