Re: A truly uninstantiable class?

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:05:49 +0100, "Ross Bamford"
<rosco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote or quoted :

>Otherwise, 'final' with the private constructor would be a better bet I
>think.

Constructors cannot be overridden even when you use the same name and
signature in a subclass. So in that sense all constructors are final
anyway..

All private methods are automatically final.

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