14.12. The while Statement
The while statement executes an Expression and a Statement repeatedly until the value of the Expression is false.
WhileStatement: while ( Expression ) StatementWhileStatementNoShortIf: while ( Expression ) StatementNoShortIf
The Expression must have type boolean or Boolean, or a compile-time error occurs.
A while statement is executed by first evaluating the Expression. If the result is of type Boolean, it is subject to unboxing conversion (§5.1.8).
If evaluation of the Expression or the subsequent unboxing conversion (if any) completes abruptly for some reason, the while statement completes abruptly for the same reason.
Otherwise, execution continues by making a choice based on the resulting value:
• If the value ...
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