Re: changing reference in a method

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:49

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"Yonatan Taub" <yonatanta@bashan.co.il> writes:

> What does it mean to a method argument as final?

To tell the compiler/programmer that the _value_ of the argument will
not change during the method's execution. This can possibly be used in
optimization, and is also enforced for local variables (which
arguments are) used in anonymous classes constructed/nested in the
method so that the programmer knows they cannot affect the value
anywhere by changing it.

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