Weird “[]” after Java method signature

Question

I looked at some Java code today, and I found some weird syntax:

public class Sample {
  public int get()[] {
    return new int[]{1, 2, 3};
  }
}
         


        

Answer 1

java's syntax allows for the following:

int[] intArr = new int[0];

and also

int intArr[] = new int[0];

which looks more fmiliar coming from the c-style syntax.

so too, with a function, the name can come before or after the [], and the type is still int[]