Literal

A literal is the source-code representation of a value of a primitive, String, or null. The Java Language Specification defines the lexical structure used for IntegerLiterals, FloatingPointLiterals, CharacterLiterals, and StringLiterals:

            IntegerLiteral:                                        see Java Language Specification...

            FloatingPointLiteral:                                  see Java Language Specification...

            CharacterLiteral:                                      see Java Language Specification...

            StringLiteral:                                         see Java Language Specification...

            BooleanLiteral:
        true
            false

            NullLiteral:
        null

            Literal:
        IntegerLiteral
            FloatingPointLiteral
            BooleanLiteral
            CharacterLiteral
            StringLiteral
            NullLiteral

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