Why are methods final?

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From: bill
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00

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Hi Foks,

I wanted to subclass java.util.Vector so that my vector would throw
events when an element was inserted or deleted. Not easily done. The
insert and remove methods in Vector are final and cant be overridden.
I'll find a workaround, but why are the above methods defined as final ?

Thanks,

Bill.

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