Github user garydgregory commented on the pull request: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/127#issuecomment-209622299 Final methods is a bigger discussion than what this ticket suggests. It's NOT a code style clean up. For a general discussion on final, but not specifically of final methods, please see https://garygregory.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/the-final-kiss-in-java/
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