“Missing return statement” within if / for / while

Question

I have a question regarding return statements used within if() while() or for() statements. As you can see in the following method, it

Answer 1

You have to add a return statement if the condition is false.

public String myMethod() {
    if(condition) {
        return x;
    }

//  if condition is false you HAVE TO return a string
//  you could return a string, a empty string or null
    return otherCondition;  
}

FYI:

Oracle docs for return statement