For loop with no parameters in Java

Question

I am looking at somebody else\'s code and I found this piece of code:

for (;;) {

I\'m not a Java expert; what is this line of code doing?

Answer 1

they are entirely the same the only real difference would be either preference (the for construct can be typed marginally faster)

or the for indicates that is is some iteration that is broken out of by a break or return and a while loop indicates a repeating section of the same thing until a meaningful result appears

Answer 2

Remember the three clauses of the for() are [1] initialization [2] termination and [3] increment. Since the termination clause is empty the loop never terminates. This is directly taken from C syntax.

Answer 3

Those two lines would have the same effect. I can't think of a good reason to use the first one unless you like to confuse people. I guess it's less characters.