Well, that would explain it then :-)
I'll have to move forward with one of Pete's suggestions.
Thanks all.
Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Larry V. Streepy, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm not a JLS guru by any means, but I thought non-final references
> > had to be left as real references.
>
> True, but there is nothing like a non-final reference in an interface,
> see
> <http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/interfaces.doc.html#78642>:
>
> >> Every field declaration in the body of an interface is implicitly
> >> public, static, and final. It is permitted to redundantly specify any
> >> or all of these modifiers for such fields.
>
> So, even if you don't put the "final" into your source, the reference
> is final as far as Java is concerned.
>
> Stefan
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