Does the order in which methods are written matter?

Question

I know that some programming languages require methods that are referenced/called by other methods to be declared before the caller in the code. For example:

private Method1(in){
  Return in *5;
}
Private Method2(paycheck){
  Return Method1(paycheck);
}

would be OK but,

Private Method1(paycheck){
  Return Method2(paycheck);
}
Private Method2 (in){
  Return in *5;
}

Would fail.

Is Java, and/or Android specific Java, one of these languages?

For methods, classes, no. For variables, still a yes. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14624919/illegal-forward-reference-java-issue — TWL, Jan 26 '19 at 00:24
Funny I looked first to see if this had been asked but that order of declaration one did not come up, I'd guess because i didn't use declaration in my search.... — Karæthon, Jan 26 '19 at 00:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '19 at 00:18

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No, in Java and other Android languages (Kotlin, Dart) doesn't do compiling like C, it's okay to write methods or even variables anywhere inside the class.

answered Jan 26 '19 at 00:18

Renziera

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But not in the method, which is still like C. – user207421 Jan 26 '19 at 01:31

Does the order in which methods are written matter?

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