Simple Method/Object Concept Question

I really appreciate everyone's help! Thanks you. I know that for action to take place in Java objects, blocks of code called methods are used. Methods tell an application what to do when buttons are clicked, menus are opened, and text is typed. Methods are either predefined or are created from scratch to manipulate objects, or the data within those objects, but what does the data type identifier that is attached to java methods mean? What is the data type identifier?
Also, what are the major components of an object? I know objects are based on classes that detail how the object is defined and how it behaves. It is starting to click, but I need more explanation. Thanks a lot
Stephen

The datatype of the method represents the datatype of the value returned or void if nothing is retured. Consider the following: int getAge() In this case, the method getAge() will return a value that is an integer. If the method does not return a value, void is used as in the following line:void setAge(int age)As far as the "major parts of an object", well there can be many answers to that. One answer comes from the simple definition of an Object, i.e., "data surrounded by code". In other words, an object is a person, place or thing (or process). The object has sate (data about itself) and it has behavior (code or methods). In that respect, the major parts of an object, in it's simplest form, are it's state (member variables) and it's behavior (member functions/methods).
Hope this helps.

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