The Java Keywords
Fifty keywords are currently defined in the Java language (see Table 1-1). These keywords, combined with the syntax of the operators and separators, form the definition of the Java language. These keywords cannot be used as names for a variable, class, or method.
Table 1-1 The Java Keywords
The keywords const and goto are reserved but not used. In the early days of Java, several other keywords were reserved for possible future use. However, the current specification for Java defines only the keywords shown in Table 1-1.
In addition to the keywords, Java reserves the following: true, false, and null. These are values defined ...
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