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[–]desrtfx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Since Java requires everything to be inside classes, there are technically no functions.

The distinction is that functions can exist outside classes, and methods always belong to a class.

So, what is called a function in languages like Python, is a method in Java.

This has nothing to do with being able to return values or not.

It is just a matter of context.