In Java, can “void” be considered a primitive type?

Question

I\'ve noticed eclipse JDT uses void as a primitive type. Can this be considered correct?

Answer 1

From Java 6 API docs:

public boolean isPrimitive() - Determines if the specified Class object represents a primitive type.

Returns: true if and only if this class represents a primitive type

I checked for myself:

void.class.getName() // void (OK)
void.class.isPrimitive() // true (??)
Void.class.getName() // java.lang.Void (OK)
Void.class.isPrimitive() // false (OK)

Is it bug ? I know that void is not primitive type (I think it is just keyword), but why void.class.isPrimitive() returns true ?

edit: I think it should be clarified, so I suggested java:doc bug 7019906. In my opinion it should be:

public boolean isPrimitive() - Determines if the specified Class object represents a primitive type or a keyword void.

Returns: true if and only if this class represents a primitive type or a keyword void.