Introduction to Programming

Braces "{}"

You have seen the separators {} (braces) around the class:

class SomeClass {  //class body with code}

You have also seen braces around method bodies:

void someMethod(int i){  //...  if(i == 2){    //block of code  } else {    //another block of code  }  ...}

The braces are also used to denote a block of code in control-flow statements (see Chapter 10, Control Flow Statements):

void someMethod(int i){  //...  if(i == 2){    //block of code  } else {    //another block of code  }  ...}

And they are used to initialize arrays (see the Arrays section):

int[] myArray = {2,3,5};

There are also a few other rarely used constructs where braces are used.