What does return do when used inside an if statement?

Question

What does the return inside the if statements do in the following code?

public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,String qName, 
               


        

Answer 1

Does it takes us out of the if statement and proceeds to next statement or it takes us out of the method startElement?

It takes you out of the method.. The return statement terminates the execution of a function