Weird "[]" after Java method signature

It's a method that returns an int[].

Java Language Specification (8.4 Method Declarations)
For compatibility with older versions of the Java platform, a declaration form for a method that returns an array is allowed to place (some or all of) the empty bracket pairs that form the declaration of the array type after the parameter list.
This is supported by the obsolescent production:
MethodDeclarator:
MethodDeclarator [ ]
but should not be used in new code.

java arrays syntax

That's a funny Question. In java you can say int[] a;, as well as int a[];.
From this perspective, in order to get the same result just need to move the []
and write public int[] get() {.
Still looks like the code came from an obfuscator...

java arrays syntax

As there is a C tag, I'll point out that a similar (but not identical) notation is possible in C and C++:

Here the function f returns a pointer to an array of 10 ints.

int tab[10];int (*f())[10]{    return &tab;}

Java simply doesn't need the star and parenthesis.

CodeHunter

Weird "[]" after Java method signature

Java Language Specification (8.4 Method Declarations)

Recent Posts

How can I color dots in a xy scatterplot according to column value?

How to update a claim in ASP.NET Identity?

What does {0} mean when initializing an object?

Accessing members of items in a JSONArray with Java

How to log SQL statements in Spring Boot?

Powershell Get-WebSite name parameter is ignored

How to detect scroll to bottom of html element

Java synchronized method

How to test controllers with CodeIgniter?

Detect Visual Composer

Matplotlib: Specify format of floats for tick labels

Rails join a list of strings with commas and "and" before the last