Appendix D Java Keywords
The words shown in Table D.1 are reserved for use as Java keywords and cannot be used as identifiers. The keywords
const and goto, which are C++ keywords, are not actually used in Java. They were included mainly to enable better error messages to be generated when they are mistakenly used in a Java program.The words
true, false, and null may look like keywords but are technically considered literals. They also cannot be used as identifiers.abstract continue for new switch
assert default goto* package synchronized
boolean do if private this
break double implements protected throw
byte else import public throws
case enum instanceof return transient
catch extends int short try
char final interface static void
class finally long strictfp volatile
const* float native super while
