Why can't I explicitly return void from a method?

Question

void run() {
    ...
    if (done) return cancel();
    ...
}

where cancel() return void. This won\'t compile... and I ca

Answer 1

void is not a type. If you use the Void type instead of the void keyword, however, your code will work, but: You'll manually have to return null in all exit points from your method.