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variable declaration
subject			fact

variable declaration	can be placed practically anywhere in Java source code although it is good practice to only declare variables at the beginning of blocks
	has example int anInteger;
	has example Rectangle rect = new Rectangle();
	has purpose to declare a variable
	has syntax accessLevel static final transient volatile type variableName
	is a subtopic of Variables and Data Types
	is a kind of declaration
	must contain the type name and the variable name
declaration	is part of definition
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of variable declaration :

• local variable declaration (4 facts) (declaration statement, local variable declaration statement)