What is the point of java.lang.Void.

[Mike Forsberg]

Not sure if this is the correct place for this question, but here it is.
While studying for the SCJP, my group came across the java.lang.Void class. We understood that it represents the primative return type Void. What is its purpose? Is it only used as a place holder for reflection calls???

[Rob Ross]

From the JavaDoc:
The Void class is an uninstantiable placeholder class to hold a reference to the Class object representing the primitive Java type void.
It's there so you can do
Class voidClass = void.class;
for completeness with the other Class literals.
Now, *why* you would need to do this, I don't know. But someone in java-land thought it was important, so there ya go.

[Thomas Paul]

It's part of reflection. The method Method.getReturnType() returns a Class type. The Void class holds a Class object representing the void type.
[ April 03, 2002: Message edited by: Thomas Paul ]

[Valentin Crettaz]

void is not a primitive type. Please refer to the following discussion:
http://www.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=24&t=013732

[Mike Forsberg]

Thank's I guess I should search before asking a question.