public class J {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String main = "The character sequence \"main\" is an identifier, not a keyword or reserved word.";
System.out.println(main);
}
}
This compiles, and when executed, emits this output:
The character sequence "main" is an identifier, not a keyword or reserved word.
The character sequence main
is an identifier, not a keyword or reserved word.
The relevant section of the JLS is 3.8:
An identifier is an unlimited-length sequence of Java letters and Java digits, the first of which must be a Java letter.
Identifier:
IdentifierChars but not a Keyword or BooleanLiteral or NullLiteral
IdentifierChars:
JavaLetter {JavaLetterOrDigit}
JavaLetter:
any Unicode character that is a “Java letter”
JavaLetterOrDigit:
any Unicode character that is a “Java letter-or-digit”
The character sequence main
fits the above description and is not in the keyword list in Section 3.9.
(The character sequence java1234
is also an identifier, for the same reasons.)