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We are up to 32 keywords covered in previous articles! That's 67% keywords covered. We have only 16 keywords to cover and I will be covering 2 of those in this article. This article will illustrate the use of the keywords throw and throws , in Java Exception Handling. It will not get into specific usages of Exception Handling. For that, please go to my article covering this topic. Also, be on the lookout for a new article covering other facets of Java Exception Handling, such as "try with resources." I suggest you start with Java Keywords (Part I) before proceeding further, if you have not read any of the previous articles in the Java Keyword series. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. You can also use the "search" option at the top of this page. The series was written with natural progression in mind. Therefore, some of the keywords already co

We are up to 29 keywords covered in previous articles! That's 60% keywords covered. We have only 19 keywords to cover and I will be covering 3 of those in this article. This article will illustrate the use of the keywords try , catch , and finally , in Java Exception Handling. It will not get into specific usages of Exception Handling. For that, please go to my article covering this topic. Also, be on the lookout for a new article covering other facets of Java Exception Handling, such as "try with resources." I suggest you start with Java Keywords (Part I) before proceeding further, if you have not read any of the previous articles in the Java Keyword series. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. You can also use the "search" option at the top of this page. The series was written with natural progression in mind. Therefore, some of the keywords al

We are up to 26 grayed out keywords! Considering that the two keywords with asterisks are not going to be covered, that's 54% keywords covered. With those keywords, you can write simple classes that can do all sorts of tasks. You can change the flow of operations by using flow-control keywords like if/else and loop operations using for, while, and do/while. You can also skip iterations while looping or terminate loops early by using continue and break respectively. This blog will illustrate a more effective way (in certain cases) to change flow of operations by using the keyword switch . I suggest that if you have not read any of the articles in Java Keyword series, go back read them before proceeding further. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. You can also use the "search" option at the top of this page. Java keyword list abstract continue for ne

This should be a short one. This blog deals with the use of only two keywords: break and continue . The Java keyword list has 24 keywords grayed out. That almost 50% of keywords covered by these series of articles. I suggest that if you have not read any of the articles in Java Keyword series, go back read them before proceeding further. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. You can also use the "search" option at the top of this page. Java keyword list abstract continue for new switch assert default goto * package synchronized boolean do if private this break double implements protected throw byte else import public throws case enum instanceof return transient catch extends int short try char final interface static void class finally long strictfp volatile const * float native super while

The Java keyword list has 21 keywords grayed out. That puts us at 42% of keywords covered by these series of articles. Amazingly, that's almost enough knowledge to built simple applications. I suggest that if you have not read any of the articles in Java Keyword series, go back read them before proceeding further. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. You can also use the "search" option at the top of this page. This article will cover the keywords used for looping: for , do , and while , as well as the keywords used to change the flow of loops: break and continue . Java keyword list abstract continue for new switch assert default goto * package synchronized boolean do if private this break double implements protected throw byte else import public throws case enum instanceof return transient catch extends int

The Java keyword list has 19 keywords grayed out. That puts us at 38% of keywords covered by these series of articles. Amazingly, that's almost sufficient to built simple applications. I suggest that if have not read any of the articles in Java Keyword series, you read them before proceeding further. Also, go back and read the one about Data Types. All of these articles are from September 2018. That should help you find them quickly. This article will only cover the if and else keywords. Java keyword list abstract continue for new switch assert default goto * package synchronized boolean do if private this break double implements protected throw byte else import public throws case enum instanceof return transient catch extends int short try char final interface static void class finally long strictfp volatile const * float native super while Keyword marked with an asterisk (*) are keywords

This is not a break in my Java Keyword series. This is a continuation of the series that focuses in two things. The primary goal is to explain what an interface is (which differentiates them from classes) and go over a few examples that illustrate why interfaces are not just needed, but essential for robust and reusable software solutions. Because of new improvements introduced with Java 8, I will also introduced the concept of default methods; although will do so in a separate article... A second part to this one. I feel doing that is necessary for keeping the scope of this article as narrow as possible for the sake of simplicity and clarity. Interestingly enough, how to use interfaces will also be covered in a separate article where I will be discussing the Object-Oriented concept of inheritance. In the new article, I will be emphasizing in the keywords extends , implements , and super . The Java keyword list has 18 keywords grayed out. This article will only cover th

This is not a break in my Java Keyword series. This is a continuation of the series that focuses in two things. The first part will focus on the anatomy of a class, which I have covered (somewhat) already. The second part focuses in the concept of a class constructor. Lastly, and as a related topic to that second part is how to invoke class constructors and explains what happens when this occurs (which I have somewhat covered already). View this article as a way to tie loose ends before moving on to other topics. In the end, I will wrap up the keywords class and the new operator. Java keyword list abstract continue for new switch assert default goto * package synchronized boolean do if private this break double implements protected throw byte else import public throws case enum instanceof return transient catch extends int short try char final interface static void class finally long strictfp volatile

I have covered 7 keywords so far in the "Java Keyword" series, plus the eight primitive data types in my "Data Types" blog. In this article, I will discuss the keywords return and void . But, in order to understand their usage, I must get into a bit deeper discussion of some fundamentals of computing. Java keyword list abstract continue for new switch assert default goto * package synchronized boolean do if private this break double implements protected throw byte else import public throws case enum instanceof return transient catch extends int short try char final interface static void class finally long strictfp volatile const * float native super while Keyword marked with an asterisk (*) are keywords that, although valid, are not used by programmers. Although the list above is arranged in alphabetical order, I will go through them in a different order. Method return val