Purpose of Return statement.

Purpose of Return statement:
/*Basically return statement is used to terminate method execution and for sending control back to calling method.
-> "return;" sends control back to calling method without value.
-> "return <value>;" send's control back to calling method with value. */

//What is the Output from the below program.
//PORStatement.java

class PORStatement
{
static void method1(int a)
{
System.out.println("Before if");
if(a==12)
{
System.out.println("In if");
return;
}
System.out.println("After if");
System.out.println("Hi");
}
static int method2(int a)
{
System.out.println("Before if");
if(a==12)
{
System.out.println("In if");
return a+10;
}
System.out.println("After if");
System.out.println("Hi");
return 30;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
method1(12);
method1(24);

method2(12);
method2(24);
}
}

compilation:
G:\netlojava>javac PORStatement.java

Execution:
G:\netlojava>java PORStatement

Out Put:

Before if
In if
Before if
After if
Hi
Before if
In if
Before if
After if
Hi