6.5.1

Syntactic Classification of a Name According to Context

NAMES

6.5.1   Syntactic Classification of a Name According to Context

A name is syntactically classified as a

PackageName

 in these contexts:

In a package declaration ( 7.4)

In a type import on demand declaration ( 7.5.2)

To the left of the  

.

  in a qualified

PackageName

To the left of the  

.

  in a qualified

TypeName

A name is syntactically classified as a

TypeName

 in these contexts:

In a single type import declaration ( 7.5.1)

In an

extends

 clause in a class declaration ( 8.1.3)

In an

implements

 clause in a class declaration ( 8.1.4)

In an

extends

 clause in an interface declaration ( 9.1.3)

As a

Type

 (or the part of a

Type

 that remains after all brackets are deleted) in

any of the following contexts:

N

In a field declaration ( 8.3,  9.3)

N

As the result type of a method ( 8.4,  9.4)

N

As the type of a formal parameter of a method or constructor ( 8.4.1,

 8.6.1,  9.4)

N

As the type of an exception that can be thrown by a method or constructor

( 8.4.4,  8.6.4,  9.4)

N

As the type of a local variable ( 14.3)

N

As the type of an exception parameter in a

catch

 clause of a

try

 statement

( 14.18)

N

As the class type of an instance that is to be created in a class instance cre 

ation expression ( 15.8)

N

As the element type of an array to be created in an array creation expression

( 15.9)

N

As the type mentioned in the cast operator of a cast expression ( 15.15)

N

As the type that follows the

instanceof

 relational operator ( 15.19.2)

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