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syntactic unit

syntactic unit
subject			fact

syntactic unit	has definition A part of a program to which a syntax rule applies
	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional
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Kinds of syntactic unit :

• access unit (116 kinds, 831 facts) - A syntactic unit to which access can be controlled with an access modifier
• clause (2 kinds, 14 facts)
• comment (17 facts)
• declaration (10 kinds, 80 facts) - A statement that establishes an identifier and associates attributes with it, without necessarily reserving its storage (for data) or providing the implementation (for methods)
• definition (6 kinds, 44 facts) - A statement that reserves storage (for data) or provides implementation (for methods).
• expression (13 kinds, 69 facts) - A series of variables, operators and method calls (constructed according to the syntax of the language) that evaluates to a single value
• keyword (38 kinds, 182 facts) - A word that has special meaning in Java
• method signature (1 kind, 10 facts) (header) - The method's name and the number of its parameters and the types of its parameters
• scoping unit (23 kinds, 138 facts) - A syntactic unit that defines a scope (the region of a source text over which a declaration holds)
• statement (35 kinds, 172 facts) - A syntactic unit that defines a step in the execution of a program
• symbol (93 kinds, 423 facts) - A character or string of characters that represents or stands for something else