syntactic unit Comparison Table

syntactic unit

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syntactic unit comparison table

Subject have part have syntax terminate by be be about cause write at is a synonym of is a subtopic of have example occur describe have purpose perform have type precede have access modifier be part of have access mode has definition return write write before have value

access unit Access Control A syntactic unit to which access can be controlled with an access modifier

clause

comment
/** commentText */
OR
/* commentText */
OR
// commentText
Note: '//' ignores everything to end of line between about 20% and 35% of the total length of the code obvious things since they add clutter the top of each class Java Basics
executeMeToo(); /* This is to be ignored
and this too */
the purpose of the class, how it should be used, its authors and its history of modification to describe the purpose of each class, method and variable along with any difficult-to-understand statements inside methods, and to indicated any changes to the code package statements to describe loops and conditional statements inside complex algorithms writing the code

declaration Variables and Data Types definition 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 declaration a compiler to set aside memory at compile time Variables and Data Types A statement that reserves storage (for data) or provides implementation (for methods).

expression Statements and Expressions in a context where a value is required
to compute values
or to assign to a variable
or to control the flow of execution
a computation specified by 0 or more operators that is the type of its result an expression A series of variables, operators and method calls (constructed according to the syntax of the language) that evaluates to a single value a value from its computation called its result, or its return value

keyword A word that has special meaning in Java

method signature
methodName (parameter1Type parameter1 ...)
header Methods to indicate the method's name and the number of its parameters and the types of its parameters The method's name and the number of its parameters and the types of its parameters

scoping unit Scope A syntactic unit that defines a scope (the region of a source text over which a declaration holds)

statement a semicolon not more than one line long if possible Statements and Expressions A syntactic unit that defines a step in the execution of a program

symbol A character or string of characters that represents or stands for something else

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Subject	have part	have syntax	terminate by	be	be about	cause	write at	is a synonym of	is a subtopic of	have example	occur	describe	have purpose	perform	have type	precede	have access modifier	be part of	have access mode	has definition	return	write	write before	have value
access unit									Access Control											A syntactic unit to which access can be controlled with an access modifier
clause
comment		/** commentText / OR / commentText / OR // commentText* Note: '//' ignores everything to end of line		between about 20% and 35% of the total length of the code	obvious things since they add clutter		the top of each class		Java Basics	executeMeToo(); /* This is to be ignored and this too */		the purpose of the class, how it should be used, its authors and its history of modification	to describe the purpose of each class, method and variable along with any difficult-to-understand statements inside methods, and to indicated any changes to the code			package statements						to describe loops and conditional statements inside complex algorithms	writing the code
declaration									Variables and Data Types									definition		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	declaration					a compiler to set aside memory at compile time			Variables and Data Types											A statement that reserves storage (for data) or provides implementation (for methods).
expression									Statements and Expressions		in a context where a value is required		to compute values or to assign to a variable or to control the flow of execution	a computation specified by 0 or more operators	that is the type of its result			an expression		A series of variables, operators and method calls (constructed according to the syntax of the language) that evaluates to a single value	a value from its computation			called its result, or its return value
keyword																				A word that has special meaning in Java
method signature		methodName (parameter1Type parameter1 ...)						header	Methods				to indicate the method's name and the number of its parameters and the types of its parameters							The method's name and the number of its parameters and the types of its parameters
scoping unit									Scope											A syntactic unit that defines a scope (the region of a source text over which a declaration holds)
statement			a semicolon	not more than one line long if possible					Statements and Expressions											A syntactic unit that defines a step in the execution of a program
symbol																				A character or string of characters that represents or stands for something else