//: c06:FinalData.java // From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition // Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com // (c) Bruce Eckel 1999 // Copyright notice in Copyright.txt // The effect of final on fields class Value { int i = 1; } public class FinalData { // Can be compile-time constants final int i1 = 9; static final int I2 = 99; // Typical public constant: public static final int I3 = 39; // Cannot be compile-time constants: final int i4 = (int)(Math.random()*20); static final int i5 = (int)(Math.random()*20); Value v1 = new Value(); final Value v2 = new Value(); static final Value v3 = new Value(); //! final Value v4; // Pre-Java 1.1 Error: // no initializer // Arrays: final int[] a = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }; public void print(String id) { System.out.println( id + ": " + "i4 = " + i4 + ", i5 = " + i5); } public static void main(String[] args) { FinalData fd1 = new FinalData(); //! fd1.i1++; // Error: can't change value fd1.v2.i++; // Object isn't constant! fd1.v1 = new Value(); // OK -- not final for(int i = 0; i < fd1.a.length; i++) fd1.a[i]++; // Object isn't constant! //! fd1.v2 = new Value(); // Error: Can't //! fd1.v3 = new Value(); // change handle //! fd1.a = new int[3]; fd1.print("fd1"); System.out.println("Creating new FinalData"); FinalData fd2 = new FinalData(); fd1.print("fd1"); fd2.print("fd2"); } } ///:~