Java Program to Pass the Result of One Method Call to Another Method

We can't directly pass a method itself as an argument to another method. However, we can pass the result of a method call as an argument to another method.

// pass method2 as argument to method1
public void method1(method2());

Here, the returned value from method2() is assigned as an argument to method1().

If we need to pass the actual method as an argument, we use the lambda expression. To learn more, visit Passing Lambda Expression as method argument in Java.

Example: Java Program to Pass Method as Argument

class Main {

  // calculate the sum
  public int add(int a, int b) {

    // calculate sum
    int sum = a + b;
    return sum;
  }

  // calculate the square
  public void square(int num) {
    int result = num * num;
    System.out.println(result);    // prints 576
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Main obj = new Main();

    // call the square() method
    // passing add() as an argument
    obj.square(obj.add(15, 9));

  }
}

In the above example, we have created two methods named square() and add(). Notice the line,

obj.square(obj.add(15, 9));

Here, we are calling the add() method as the argument of the square() method. Hence, the returned value from add() is passed as argument to square().