METHOD-ID paragraph for defining a class instance method

Use the METHOD-ID paragraph to name an instance method. Immediately precede the METHOD-ID paragraph with an IDENTIFICATION DIVISION declaration to indicate the beginning of the method definition.

For example, the definition of the credit method in the Account class begins like this:


Identification Division.
Method-id. "credit".

Code the method-name as an alphanumeric or national literal. The method-name is processed in a case-sensitive manner and must conform to the rules of formation for a Java™ method-name.

Other Java or COBOL methods or programs (that is, clients) use the method-name to invoke a method.