Hi! Sorry, can't resist to respond on this, since i'm paranoid at programming ;-)
> Emmanuel Lécharny [mailto:elecha...@gmail.com] wrote > > there are a lot of methods which have parameters with a 'final' > keyword. > It's most certaibly a IDE configuration, but it's really annoying. It looks ugly, true. But I have seen so many method like: myMethod (Param parameter) { ... parameter = new Param(); ... } IMHO Oracle should make parameter implicit final! I don't mark my parameters as final, because it makes the parameter list hard to read. But I can understand anyone who does so! > Can those who have this configuration set in their IDE change it so > that > the committed code does not anymore contain the final keyword > everywhere ? > > I personnaly think that the final keyword is useful in two cases : > - for static fields, like in private statif final int CONSTANT = xxx > - for variable thet are to be accessed by inner classes - for (class/object) variables that are not expected to change anymore. Declaring an AtomicInteger as non-final is a potential threading issue! Anyone could replace it with a new object, rendering the synchronisation useless. The same is true for concurrent collections, locks, monitors, etc. If you don't expect (or want) it to change - make it final. The use of local variables shouldn't be that complex, that they need a final statement. > Side note : > I know that some may consider that using final for method parameters is > a way to protect a stupid coder against a modification of a variable. > Yeah, sure... But we are not stupid coders, are we ? I'm writing perfect code, but somehow the code changes over time. When I'm looking into my code a year later, it looks like a drunken monkey hit on a keyboard ;-) regards Steve -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROEMION GmbH Steve Ulrich IT Development (IT/DEV) Donaustrasse 14 D-36043 Fulda, Germany Phone +49 (0) 661 9490-601 Fax +49 (0) 661 9490-333 http://www.proemion.com Geschäftsführer: Dipl. Ing. Robert Michaelides Amtsgericht-Registergericht-Fulda: 5 HRB 1867 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you have received this E-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform the sender immediately by E-mail and then delete this E-mail from your system. If you are not a named addressee, you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy or print this E-mail. Addressees should scan this E-mail and any attachments for viruses. No representation or warranty is made as to the absence of viruses in this E-mail or any of its attachments. AKTUELLES: http://www.proemion.de NEWS: http://www.proemion.com
