Re: public static final - compilation error

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:59:12 +0200, Thomas Fritsch
<i.dont.like.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote or quoted :

>No, you can't initialize 'static final' things in a constructor or any
>non-static method. But you can (and probably want to) initialize them in
>the class initializer:

The reason is a constructor will be called many times, at least
potentially, but a static initialiser block is guaranteed to be called
exactly once.

Java does not want to deal with the possibility of you changing your
mind about a final value.
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