What exactly is <code> in Java [closed]

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I was reading an article here {Listing 2. Iterating a file } and what stumped me was the literal <code> written in Java! - I've never seen that before - I now get it's meaning somewhat but has it been there since beginning or is it a new feature.

I am reproducing part of the code here..

return new Iterable<String>() {
public <code>Iterator</code><String> iterator() {
return new <code>Iterator</code><String>() {
public boolean hasNext() {
return line != null; 
.....

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It's an error in the HTML markup of the site. Rightclick page and view source. It's been marked up as <code>Iterator</code> instead of <code>Iterator</code>.

This has nothing to do with Java. You might contact the site/page author to have them to fix it.

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It's probably a remnant of generating code using JavaDoc. The <code></code> tags are used to highlight Java code in JavaDoc, in which it generates a Courier New font.

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Haha I think it's just HTML that's mistakenly shown as Java code, it's not part of the language. :)

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I think that is a HTML formatting error. They are trying to use their custom code tag within another code tag.

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That's not valid java. I think it's a typo.

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After all the correct answers an alternative explanation:

It is to protect the code by making it uncompilable. That way no-one can steal it:)