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What is the difference between null and NULL in java?

 
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What is the difference between null and NULL in java?
 
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Sowm Herur wrote:What is the difference between null and NULL in java?



null is a keyword and a literal, but NULL is neither keyword nor literal. You may use NULL as an attribute name.

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[pedantic mode]Not quite. The word null is a reserved word meaning non-existence of a reference. It is not a keyword because it has semantic content.[/pedantic mode]
The Java™ Language Specification says

" . . . null might appear to be a keyword . . . "

 
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