{"id":16805,"date":"2024-03-15T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-true-and-false-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:02:14","slug":"how-to-use-true-and-false-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-true-and-false-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use true and false in Java?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, true and false are the literal values of the boolean type. 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