need clarification about true, false and null

[bani kaali]

I read in "Java 2 The complete Reference" that java reserves true, false and null
If I am right these are the values defined by java and these words may not be used for variable,class or method names.so can we consider them as keywords?
thanks
bani

[Anthony Villanueva]

Well, they're actually reserved literals. A literal is a constant, like 'x', 42 or 3.14159

[Corey McGlone]

They are not keywords, they are literals. Things like "if" and "for" are keywords. "true" and "null" are literals just like 1 and 7.5 are.
Corey

[Valentin Crettaz]

This topic has been discussed plenty of time. Please, see the following (almost) exhaustive discussions:
https://coderanch.com/t/236312/java-programmer-SCJP/certification/null-java-keywork-or-not
https://coderanch.com/t/236527/java-programmer-SCJP/certification/Keywords
https://coderanch.com/t/234580/java-programmer-SCJP/certification/true-false-null-keywords
etc, etc...

[Alan Chong]

They act like keywords. But for the exam, you must not consider them as keywords. If a question
ask you whether they are keywords, answer NO.

[Corey McGlone]

Originally posted by Alan Chong:
They act like keywords. But for the exam, you must not consider them as keywords. If a question
ask you whether they are keywords, answer NO.

I don't believe you'll have to make the distinction between keywords and literals on this exam. As far as I know, this is beyond the scope of the exam.
Corey