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body

subject fact

body has definition A block that is not nested inside another block reference: Source 2, 2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions 2001-10-19 11:36:11.0
is a kind of block

block contains several statements surrounded by braces
has example
{
a =5;
b = computeSomething;
}
has layout example style preferred by Sun:
if(condition) {
// statements
}
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has layout example style preferred by the authors:
if(condition)
{
// statements
}
has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement
is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
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Kinds of body :

class body (8 facts) (class definition block) - A block that specifies the variable declarations, the methods and the constructors for the class
interface body (6 facts) - One of two parts of an interface definition (the other part is the interface declaration)
method body (5 facts) - One of two parts of an method definition (the other part is the method declaration)

body	has definition A block that is not nested inside another block
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of block
block	contains several statements surrounded by braces
	has example { a =5; b = computeSomething; }
	has layout example style preferred by Sun: if(condition) { // statements }
	has layout example style preferred by the authors: if(condition) { // statements }
	has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement
	is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional