The SourceVersion class provides information on Java source versions and can provide some interesting details, including demonstration of terminology covered in the Java Language Specification .

Java applications process characters, integers, floating-point numbers, strings, and other kinds of values. All values of the same kind share certain characteristics.

Numeric values represent numbers, can be read in a variety of ways, and are stored in floating-point format. Character values can contain letters, numbers, and special characters and can be from 1 to ...