Class methods

Hi,
When you create class methods they usually fall into 2 types accessors and mutators. This is fine if your methods are accessing data within the class or modifiying data within the class. So my question is this what do you call methods that do not access or modify the class?
For example:
private void myMethod()
System.out.println("What type of method is this?");
Many Thanks

To my mind, a "class method" is one associated with the class as opposed to an instance. So a method that's not a class method is an instance method. A class method is declared with the "static" modifier, then.
I get the impression though that that's not what you're asking at all.
I'd call the method in your example "an instance method that doesn't change state and is called for its side effects."

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