V

valid method

of class FileNameDescriptor, 760

values

See also assignment; initialization; primitive, types; variables

boolean, term definition and specification, 36

(chapter), 29

data, relation to types, 30

expressions, variables as, 302

floating-point, term definition and specification, 33

integral, term definition and specification, 31

primitive, term definition and specification, 30

reference, see references; 38

relation to types, 30

return, specifying method with no, 155

valueOf method

of class Boolean, 470

of class Double, 514

values

valueOf method

of class Float, 507

of class Integer, 493

of class Long, 500

of class String, 545

variables, initial and default, 46

variables

See also data structures; fields; identifiers; scope

assignment conversion, 61

(chapter), 29

double, nonatomic treatment of memory operations on, 405

interaction with locks, rules about, 407

kinds of

array, see arrays, components

class, see fields, class, static

constructor parameters, see parameters, constructor

exception-handling parameters, see exceptions, parameters

instance, see fields, class, non-static

local, see variables, local

method parameters, see parameters, method

LALR(1) grammar, 440

local, 267

declaration statements, 265

as declared entity, 79

definite assignment, (chapter), 383

definite assignment, declarations, 393

description, 45

hiding of names by, 269

naming conventions, 110

scope of, 82

long, nonatomic treatment of, memory operations on, 405

objects compared with, 47

primitive type

changing value of, 31

specification, 44

reference type, specification, 44

term definition, and specification, 43

thread use constraints, 404

type of, how determined, 47

values

of expressions, 302

held by different types, summary of, 29

initial and default, 46

volatile, rules about, 407

Vector class

See also data structures

standard exceptions, NoSuchElementException, 209

verification

See also security

of binary representation, of classes and interfaces, 220

internal table of loaded classes and interfaces, purpose of, 218

standard exceptions, VerifyError, 212

type safety dependence on existence and use of, 244

VerifyError class, 611

@version tag

specification, 422

virtual machine

See also exceptions; optimization

class file format specified in, 238

errors, 212

InternalError, as asynchronous exception cause, 206

exception handling by, 201

exit, criteria for, 235

object life cycle in, 233

startup, 215

VirtualMachineError class, 611

virtue, 18

void keyword

See also methods

casting to, not permitted, 272

methods

expression return statement not permitted in, 164

no return value specified by, 155

volatile modifier

See also declarations; modifiers

fields, 147

binary compatibility considerations, 253

final declaration not permitted for, 148

used for synchronization by threads, 147

not permitted in interface field declarations, 187

variables, rules about, 407

Contents | Prev | Next | Index

Java Language Specification (HTML generated by Suzette Pelouch on February 24, 1998)
Copyright © 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved
Please send any comments or corrections to doug.kramer@sun.com