Java Keywords

Keywords in Java are the reserved words defined to use for a specific purpose.

” We cannot use these reserved words as variable names or class names “

Its good to understand these keywords and their use in detail.

Following table is a list of Java keywords in alphabetical order

Click on an individual keyword to see its description and usage with example.

abstractassertbooleanbreakbyte
casecatchcharclassconst
continuedefaultdodoubleelse
enumextendsfinalfinallyfloat
forgotoifimplementsimport
instanceofintinterfacelongnative
newpackageprivateprotectedpublic
returnshortstaticstrictfpsuper
switchsynchronizedthisthrowthrows
transienttryvoidvolatilewhile

About the Author

Founder of javainsimpleway.com
I love Java and open source technologies and very much passionate about software development.
I like to share my knowledge with others especially on technology 🙂
I have given all the examples as simple as possible to understand for the beginners.
All the code posted on my blog is developed,compiled and tested in my development environment.
If you find any mistakes or bugs, Please drop an email to kb.knowledge.sharing@gmail.com

Connect with me on Facebook for more updates

Share this article on