As we use “default” keyword as a access specifier, and it can be used in switch statements as well with complete different purpose, So i was curious that is there any other keywords in java which can be used in more then one purposes
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As we use “default” keyword as a access specifier, and it can be used in switch statements as well with complete different purpose, So i was curious that is there any other keywords in java which can be used in more then one purposes
defaultcan be used both in a switch and as a default value in an annotation (as pointed out by Bozho)finalmeans “can’t be derived from / overridden” and “is read-only” which are two different – but related – meanings (as pointed out by Jon)extendscan be used both to specify the supertype of a class and can be used in wildcards and type variables to put a constraint (related but not exactly the same) (List<? extends Foo>)supercan be used to specify to something in a superclass of the current class, or in a wildcard to put a constraint (List<? super Foo>)staticmeans both “part of the class, not an instance” (for methods, attributes or initializers) and as astatic importclassto declare a class (class Foo {}), or to refer to a class literal (Foo.class) (as answered by ILMTitan)forcan be used in a normal for loop and the “enhanced” for, but that’s more like overloading (as Bozho puts it so nicely) than really having two meanings)