[4014] in java-interest
final keyword usage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R.Volkmann)
Thu Dec 7 13:19:59 1995
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 09:10:25 -0600
From: "R.Volkmann" <m224873@ws1768.mdc.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Reply-To: "R. Mark Volkmann"<m224873@svmstr01.mdc.com>
A few people on the list have told me that in Java "final" takes the place
"const" in C++. Which of the following are valid uses of "final"?
- used to create a constant
final float pi = 3.1415928;
- used to declare that a function argument will not be modified
class City {
public float milesTo(final City destinationCity) { ... }
...
}
- used to prevent callers from changing an object returned from a function
class Foo {
public final String data() { return data_; }
protected String data_;
}
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