What does the return keyword do in a void method in Java?

Question

I\'m looking at a path finding tutorial and I noticed a return statement inside a void method (class PathTest, line 126):

Answer 1

You can have return in a void method, you just can't return any value (as in return 5;), that's why they call it a void method. Some people always explicitly end void methods with a return statement, but it's not mandatory. It can be used to leave a function early, though:

void someFunct(int arg)
{
    if (arg == 0)
    {
        //Leave because this is a bad value
        return;
    }
    //Otherwise, do something
}