Is java actually doing something with empty statements?

The official documents just say

( https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-14.html#jls -14.6)

Declaration such as;;;;;;;;;;; Actually compiled by the java compiler? If so, do these statements take time to execute, like a NOP? In short: is an empty statement really "doesn't matter"?

Solution

The java compiler does nothing with these statements Therefore, they were ignored

public static void test(){
  ;;;;;;;;
}

Just compile to the following bytecode:

public static void test();
descriptor: ()V
flags: ACC_PUBLIC,ACC_STATIC
Code:
  stack=0,locals=0,args_size=0
     0: return
  LineNumberTable:
    line 39: 0

The compiler uses NOP only in some compilation strategies