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str = NULL will not compile. 'NULL' is not a Java keyword.
Also str = null will not throw a NullPointerException by itself. A NullPointerException is thrown when you try to call a method on a variable that is null. So if you set str to null and then call a method on str, then you will get a NullPointerException.
Originally posted by Jesper Young: str = NULL will not compile.
Unless NULL is defined somewhere, of course, for example as a field.
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To expand on this, remember that Java is case sensitive. So the keyword "null" is not the same as "Null" or "NULL" or any other combination of upper/lowercase. None of these other case variations have any meaning (unless you specifically define them as your own identifier).
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