I think I misunderstood the change. Final _variables_ should be fine; it's the presumption that final classes/methods give a significant performance advantage that tends to be dubious architecturally.
Reference: Hm. I could have sworn Wilson/Kesselman (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/performance -- the second author's my brother, not me!) had some words on this, but I'm not finding 'em now. It's possible I'm confused. ______________________________________ Joe Kesselman, IBM Next-Generation Web Technologies: XML, XSL and more. "may'ron DaroQbe'chugh vaj bIrIQbej" ("Put down the squeezebox and nobody gets hurt.")
