Editing Comparison of C Sharp and Java (section)

==== Partial methods ====
Related to ''partial classes'' C# allows partial methods to be specified within partial classes. A partial method is an intentional declaration of a method with several restrictions on the signature. The restrictions ensure that if a definition is not provided by any class part, then the method and every call to it can be safely erased.<ref>{{cite web |title=C# Language Specification Version 4.0 |url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7029 |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=10 May 2012 |page=281 |quote=If no part of a partial type declaration contains an implementing declaration for a given partial method, any expression statement invoking it is simply removed from the combined type declaration. Thus the invocation expression, including any constituent expressions, has no effect at run-time. The partial method itself is also removed and will not be a member of the combined type declaration. If an implementing declaration exist for a given partial method, the invocations of the partial methods are retained. The partial method gives rise to a method declaration similar to the implementing partial method declaration except for the following: […]}}</ref> This feature allows code to provide a large number of interception points (like the [[Template method pattern|template method]] [[Design Patterns|GoF]] design pattern) without paying any runtime overhead if these extension points are not being used by another class part at compile time. Java has no corresponding concept.