NEW KEYWORDS?????????

[Harpal Singh]

Dear guys,
I have a concern regarding new keywords,there are keywords mentioned in some books,which are unheard of,can anyone clarify if the following come in the exam ,what to do.......
1)cast
2)operator
3)var
4)future
5)outer
6)rest
7)generic
8)byvalue
9)threadsafe
Please let everyone know for benefit of people taking the exam in future.
thanks,
Harpal

[balaguru]

Hi,
Those mentioned words are not keywords, can freely use anywhere.
Regards
Balaguru

[Harpal Singh]

Dear bala,
I noted these key words from a book by author balagurswamy......It mentions that these are new keywords........I am confused,according to JLS,they are not I agree but just in case.........
By the way are you the same balagurswamy,author of the book.......
Harpal

[Thomas Misik]

Java Keywords:

abstract; boolean; break; byte; case; catch; char; class; const*; continue; default; do; double; else; extends; final; finally; float; for; goto*; if; implements; import; instanceof; int; interface; long; native; new; null; package; private; protected; public; return; short; static; super; switch; synchronized; this; throw; throws; transient; try; void; volatile; while;
The words with asterisks are reserved and not currently used. Note that all of the keywords
are in lowercase, thus for is a keyword but FOR
is not. There is some debate as to if null is a keyword but I suggest that for the purposes of the exam you assume it is.


These have been taken directly from Marcus Green's tutorials, whick I have found to be a great help; it's compact, consice and informative. However, I have not heard of any new keywords (I'm pretty sure there aren't any).
Hope this helps,
Thomas

[Ragini Kelkar]

The jls mentions strictfp as a keyword.
Some book also mentions widefp as a keyword.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Guys,
The best place to verify keywords is the JLS. Look here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/lexical.doc.html#229308. It's the official keyword list in the JLS.
Hope that helps.
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Jane

[Marcus Green]

My stuff tends to comment on what turns up in the exam, I recommend the JLS (available online from somewhere) as the final word. Also try compiling the following, insert suspected keywords and season to taste.
public class Key{
public static void main(String argv[]){
int strictfp =1;

}
}


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[Harpal Singh]

GEE,thanks Marcus,Madhu.......I think the best way to know is just try it out,if compiler gives the error...........
thanks a ton to everyone,
Harpal

[Prashant Sagalgile]

Hi
Don't worry.These are not keywords and u can freely use them.

[Rong Chen]

yes, i also found these words in Exam Cram, but i simple don't think they are reserved in java.
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