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I'm trying to declare the following method: 

 public void catch(Entity ball) {
}

But I get the following error: Syntax error on token "catch", Identifier expected.

Is there anyway to resolve this?

  • I think catch is a reserved word, so the answer would be no. – Lexi Aug 18 '17 at 18:49
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No. You can't use any of the java keywords.

Juan Carlos Mendoza
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catch is a reserved word in java take a look here Java Language Keywords, so if you use any of the words in the the list you still get the same error

Youcef LAIDANI
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No you cannot use language keywords as method names

fmatar
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