The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

644
compile-time, 73
data values relation to, 34
declaration(s)
as members of packages, 166
enclosing, 473
enum, 249
generic, 89
specifier, 44
term definition, 73
double, floating-point literal specification,
24
elements, of array, 287
enum, 3, 113, 241, 242, 247, 283
allowed in annotation type, 273
binary compatibility, 356
direct superclass of, 184
in switch, 377
may not be instantiated, 424
must not be declared abstract, 176, 250
nested
implicitly static, 250
erasure
See erasure
existential
relation to wildcards, 54
expression
assignment conversion, 93
how determined, 73
of expressions, 410
float, floating-point literal specification, 24
floating-point, term definition and specification,
37
imported
as declared entity, 114
scope of, 117, 161
importing all public static members from a,
165
importing, compilation units, 158
inference, 220, 242, 445, 446, 447, 448
not required for wildcards, 54
of unresolved type arguments, 466
process defined, 451
infinite, 465
int, integer literal specification, 22
integral, 35, 89
interface
implications for variables and expressions,
73
members of, 124
naming conventions, 147
interfaces
non-parameterized, 85
intersection, 336
, 336
direct supertypes, 64
glb(), 90
term definition, 62
local variables, declaration of, 364
long, integer literal specification, 22
member, 44
name(s), 44
context in which a name is classified as,
129
qualified, meaning of, 132
simple, meaning of, 132
named, 160
nested
enum
implicitly static, 250
erasure of, 56
non-reifiable, 412
null, 90, 504, 506
term definition and specification, 34
numeric, 89
in conditional expression, 511
of a conditional expression, 511
of members and constructors of a raw typw,
59
parameter(s), 114, 261
, 357
cannot be referenced in a static method,
216
explicit, 444
formal, 213
binary compatibility, 342, 350
of a method, 220
names of, 113
term definition, 178
parameter, method invocation conversion
context, 99
parameterized, 89, 90, 103, 127, 178, 347
and heap pollution, 68
casts to, 102
direct superinterfaces, 262
erasure of, 56
in class literals, 421