In Java the only place to my knowledge where the final keyword is required is to make a variable reliably available to an anonymous class (since the compiler does some trickery under the …

Oct 5, 2016 · 86 Your Java programming style and thoughts are fine - don't need to doubt yourself there. On the other hand, I find it a lot less useful with locals and parameters, and usually I …

May 12, 2016 · 55 It seems Java has had the power to declare classes not-derivable for ages, and now C++ has it too. However, in the light of the Open/Close principle in SOLID, why would …

Since Java 8, this is not a valid reason anymore: any non-modified variable is considered by the compiler as effectively final, so that the final keyword don't need to be added in the proposed …

As a result, when you use the final keyword on an object, you are only saying that the reference is read-only, the object itself is still mutable. It might have been used more if it did actually make …

Jul 1, 2015 · I came across the interesting topic about final method parameters and that they essentially don't provide much advantages. I wondered if it would be sensible to mark only …

By default, I want all my local variables and method parameters to be final. Unfortunately, the Java language designers chose a different default: variables&parameters are by default non …

You can consider the Java API itself and how often you will find the usage of the 'final' keyword. In fact, it is not used very often. It is used in cases were performance might get bad due to the …

Nov 21, 2019 · By final I mean the Object-oriented sense that a class that can be subclassed provides methods, and that class using special syntax to prevent subclasses from modifying …

I know that final keyword is used to prevent virtual method from being overriden by derived classes. However, I can't find any useful example when I should really use final keyword with …