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Understanding Methods in Apex Programming

A method is a block of code that performs a specific task, such as calculating the area of a rectangle. In the provided example, a Rectangle class is defined with width and length attributes, and a method to calculate the area using these attributes. This method allows for the area calculation of any rectangle without needing specific values for width and length in the method itself.

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Understanding Methods in Apex Programming

A method is a block of code that performs a specific task, such as calculating the area of a rectangle. In the provided example, a Rectangle class is defined with width and length attributes, and a method to calculate the area using these attributes. This method allows for the area calculation of any rectangle without needing specific values for width and length in the method itself.

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Methods

in Apex
What is a method?

A method is a block of code that


performs a specific task.

But that's too abstract, let's


look at an example
Let's imagine a rectangle
Each rectangle has a
length and a width

Width

Length
How can we represent a triangle
in the code?

Width

Length
Width

Length

public class Rectangle {


Integer width;
Integer length;
}
How can we calculate an area
of this rectangle?

Area of any rectangle is


length x width

Width Area = length x width

Length

In Code
Width Area = length x width

Length

public class Rectangle {


Integer width;
Integer length;

public Integer calculateArea() {


return width * length;
}
}
Calculating area is an action

Method is a block of code that


performs this action

Notice that we don't have


any specific values
for length & width

public class Rectangle {


Integer width;
Integer length;

public Integer calculateArea() {


return width * length;
}
}
Area calculation is a generic
action that can be performed on
any rectangle

We can use the actions to


calculate the area for any
concrete rectangle

Example in Apex
Width = 5 Area = 25

Length = 5
Width = 2 Area = 10

Length = 5
Thanks for
reading

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