Java for (;;) loop

Question

I looked at the source of the AtomicBoolean class and found an interesting for loop declaration as follows:

 for (;;) { //Something } 

What does this cycle do?

Answer 1

This is an endless cycle. The same can be done with:

 while (true) { //Loops forever. } 

Take a look at the docs .

Answer 2

This is short for infinite loop. It will continue until the break statement completes the loop.

Answer 3

What does this cycle do?

It ends endlessly. Like it:

 while (true) { } 

Answer 4

This is an infinite loop that will not stop execution if it does not have a break statement. This is the same as while(true) .

Answer 5

 for (;;) { //Something } 

This is an endless cycle.