According to the Java spec, null is a type that can be assigned to an object variable (as a value as noted in the comment). You cannot instantiate or create variables of this type though, you must use the literal null provided by the compiler.
According to the Java spec, null is a type that can be assigned to an object variable (as a value as noted in the comment). You cannot instantiate or create variables of this type though, you must use the literal null provided by the compiler.