List Of Java Keywords

The following is a list of all the java keywords:

abstract:     an abstract class or method
assert:       used to locate internal program errors
boolean:      the Boolean type
break:        breaks out of a switch or loop
byte:         the 8-bit integer type
case:         a case of a switch
catch:        the clause of a try block catching an exception
char:         the Unicode character type
class:        defines a class type
const:        not used
continue:     continues at the end of a loop
default:      the default clause of a switch
do:           the top of a do/while loop
double:       the double-precision floating-number type	
else:         the else clause of an if statement
enum:         an enumerated type
extends:      defines the parent class of a class
final:        a constant, or a class or method that cannot be overridden
finally:      the part of a try block that is always executed
float:        the single-precision floating-point type
for:          a loop type
goto:         not used
if:           a conditional statement
implements:   defines the interface(s) that a class implements
import:       imports a package	
instanceof:   tests if an object is an instance of a class
int:          the 32-bit integer type
interface:    an abstract type with methods that a class can implement
long:         the 64-bit long integer type
native:       a method implemented by the host system
new:          allocates a new object or array
null:         a null reference
package:      a package of classes
private:      a feature that is accessible only by methods of this class
protected:    a feature that is accessible only by methods of this class, 
              its children, and other classes in the same package
public:       a feature that is accessible by methods of all classes
return:       returns from a method
short:        the 16-bit integer type
static:       a feature that is unique to its class, not to objects of its class
strictfp:     Use strict rules for floating-point computations
super:        the superclass object or constructor
switch:       a selection statement
synchronized: a method or code block that is atomic to a thread	
this:         the implicit argument of a method, or a constructor of this class
throw:        throws an exception
throws:       the exceptions that a method can throw
transient:    marks data that should not be persistent
try:          a block of code that traps exceptions
void:         denotes a method that returns no value
volatile:     ensures that a field is coherently accessed by multiple threads
while:        a loop

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