Core Java, Volume I Fundamentals, 11th Edition

Appendix A

This appendix lists all keywords of the Java language. Some keywords are “restricted.” They have a special meaning only in certain circumstances (for example, in module declarations). Elsewhere, they can be identifiers.

Table A.1 Java Keywords

Keyword	Meaning	See Chapter
abstract	An abstract class or method	5
assert	Used to locate internal program error	7
boolean	The Boolean type	3
break	Breaks out of a switch or loop	3
byte	The 8-bit integer type	3
case	A case of a switch	3
catch	The clause of a try block catching an exception	7
char	The Unicode character type	3
class	Defines a class type	4
const	Not used
continue	Continues at the end of a loop	3
default	The default clause of a switch, or a default method ...