Data Types in Java

Data Types in Java

Here we discuss about Data Type in Java or Datatype in Java in detail.

Java provides standard data types to store information. Java is a richly typed language which gives the programmer a wide variety of data types to use.

Data type specifies the size and type of values that can be stored in an identifier.

Data types in Java are classified into two types:

Primitive

Which include Integer, Character, Boolean, and Floating Point.

Non-primitive

Which include Classes, Interfaces, and Arrays.

Data Type in Java

Data Type	Default Value	Default size
boolean	false	1 bit
char	'\u0000'	2 byte
byte	0	1 byte
short	0	4 byte
int	0	4 byte
long	0L	8 byte
float	0.0f	4 byte
double	0.0d	8 byte