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 real type. Void is just a place holder to make syntax of methods definition more consistent. This is not the java innovation; this is inherited from C.

This is the reason that compiler does not allow you to write return cancel() even if method cancel() is void.