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Keywords in Java

Keywords are predefined, reserved words used in Java

programming that have special meanings to the compiler.

For example:

int score;

Here, int is a keyword. It indicates that the variable score is of integer

type (32-bit signed two's complement integer).
You cannot use keywords like int, for, class, etc as variable name (or
identifiers) as they are part of the Java programming language syntax.

Java has a total of 50 keywords, which are used to define the

syntax and structure of Java programming language.

Here's the complete list of all keywords in Java programming.

 abstract: used to declare a class or method as abstract. An

abstract class is a class that cannot be instantiated, and an

abstract method is a method without a body that must be

implemented in a subclass.

 assert: used to perform assertion testing in Java. An assertion is

a statement that should always be true, and if it is false, then

an AssertionError is thrown.
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 boolean: used to declare a boolean variable, which can only

have two values: true or false.

 break: used to break out of a loop or switch statement.

 byte: used to declare a byte variable, which is a data type that

can store values from -128 to 127.

 case: used in a switch statement to define a case label.

 catch: used to catch and handle exceptions in Java.

 char: used to declare a char variable, which is a data type that

can store a single character.

 class: used to declare a class in Java.

 const: a keyword that was reserved but never implemented in

Java.

 continue: used to skip the current iteration of a loop and

continue to the next iteration.

 default: used in a switch statement to define a default case.

 do: used to start a do-while loop.

 double: used to declare a double variable, which is a data type

that can store decimal values.

 else: used in an if statement to define an alternative block of

code to execute if the condition is false.

 enum: used to declare an enumeration, which is a type that

consists of a set of named constants.

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 extends: used to extend a class in Java.

 final: used to declare a variable or method as final, which means

that its value or implementation cannot be changed.

 finally: used in a try-catch block to define a block of code that

will always be executed, regardless of whether an exception is

thrown or not.

 float: used to declare a float variable, which is a data type that

can store decimal values with less precision than double.

 for: used to start a for loop.

 goto: a keyword that was reserved but never implemented in

Java.

 if: used to define a conditional statement in Java.

 implements: used to implement an interface in Java.

 import: used to import a package or class into a Java program.

 instanceof: used to check if an object is an instance of a

particular class or interface.

 int: used to declare an int variable, which is a data type that can

store whole numbers.

 interface: used to declare an interface in Java.

 long: used to declare a long variable, which is a data type that

can store larger whole numbers than int.

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 native: used to declare a method as native, which means that its

implementation is provided by the underlying platform, rather

than in Java code.

 new: used to create a new object in Java.

 package: used to define a package in Java.

 private: used to declare a variable or method as private, which

means that it can only be accessed within the same class.

 protected: used to declare a variable or method as protected,

which means that it can be accessed within the same class or any

subclass.

 public: used to declare a variable or method as public, which

means that it can be accessed from anywhere in the Java

program.

 return: used to return a value from a method or exit a method

without returning a value.

 short: used to declare a short variable, which is a data type that

can store smaller whole numbers than int.

 static: used to declare a variable or method as static, which

means that it belongs to the class rather than to individual

objects of the class.

 strictfp: used to enforce strict floating-point precision in Java.

 super: used to call a method or constructor in the superclass.

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 switch: used to start a switch statement in Java.

 synchronized: used to ensure that only one thread can access a

block of code or object at a time in Java.

 this: used to refer to the current object in Java.

 throw: used to throw an exception in Java.

 throws: used to declare that a method may throw an exception

in Java.

 transient: used to declare a variable as transient, which means

that it will not be serialized when the object is written to a file or

transmitted over a network.

 try: used to start a try-catch block in Java.

 void: used to declare a method that does not return a value.

 volatile: used to declare a variable as volatile, which means that

it is subject to optimization by the Java Virtual Machine.

Rules to follow for keywords:

 Keywords cannot be used as an identifier for class, subclass, variables, and

methods.
 Keywords are case-sensitive.
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Keywords in the Java programming

abstract assert boolean break byte

case catch char class const*

continue default do double else

enum extends final finally float

for goto* if implements import

instanceof int interface long native

new package private protected public

return short static strictfp super

switch synchronized this throw Throws

transient try void volatile while