Java Language Keywords

Here's a list of Java's keywords. These words are reserved--you cannot use any of these words as names in your Java programs. true, false, and null are not keywords but they are reserved words, so you cannot use them as names in your programs either.

abstract	double	int	strictfp **
boolean	else	interface	super
break	extends	long	switch
byte	final	native	synchronized
case	finally	new	this
catch	float	package	throw
char	for	private	throws
class	goto *	protected	transient
const *	if	public	try
continue	implements	return	void
default	import	short	volatile
do	instanceof	static	while

* indicates a keyword that is not currently used
** indicates a keyword that was added for Java 2

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