Keywords in Java

Keywords are reserved words in java which act as a key to code and has the intent of its own use.

Rules for Keywords: 

1. Keywords should be in lower case letters.
2. Keywords cannot be used as names for Methods/classes.

Why do we need Keywords?

In java we perform different operations using keywords and following are the purpose and list of keywords:

Creating java files:

1. class 

2. interface

3. enum

Data types:

4. byte

5. short

6. int

7. long

8. float

9. double

10. char

11. boolean

12. void

Memory Location

13. static

14. new

Control Statements

Conditional Statements:

15. if

16. else

17. switch

18. case

19. default

Loop

20. while

21. do

22. for

Transfer

23. break

24. continue

25. return

Accessibility Modifier

26. private

27. protected

28. public

Modifiers

29. static

30. final

31. abstract

32. native

33. transient

34. volatile

35. synchronized

36. strictfp

Object Representation

37. this

38. super

39. instanceof

Inheritance - Relationship

40. extends

41. implements

Package

42. package

43. import

Exception Handling

44. try

45. catch

46. finally

47. throw

48. throws

49. assert

Unused Keywords

50. const

51. goto

Naming conventions in Java

What is the purpose of Naming conventions?

The main purpose of naming conventions is:

1. Readability
2. Maintainability

If the teams don't follow the naming conventions the individuals use their own conventions and that will lead to ambiguity to understand the code.

Here are the typical Java naming conventions as per standards which are handy: