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Re: const
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Thu Dec 7 12:16:12 1995
From: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <Elliotte@blackstar.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 09:53:39 EST
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> As far as I can see the C++ "const" keyword is not present in Java.
> In Java, how can you write an accessor function for a class data
> member that returns the data member object but doesn't allow callers
> to modify it? Was this deemed to be an unimportant feature of C++?
>
Declare the variable final, e.g.
public static final int myVar = 0
final variables can't be modified.
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