Re: "final" bug??

From:

Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sat, 02 May 2009 17:16:12 -0400

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Roedy Green wrote:

Consider the following code

static final String allpads;

    static
        {
        try
            {
            allPads = HunkIO.readEntireFile( ALLPADS_FILE );
            }
        catch ( IOException e )
            {
            err.println( "Unable to access allPads.pad" );
            allPads = null;
            }
        }

According to the IntelliJ inspector, this allPads should be final.
But according to Javac, it should not, claiming I might be trying to
redefine a final.

Which is correct and why?

     There's probably something in the JLS, if you feel like
playing Language Lawyer (or at least Language Law Clerk) for
a while. I'd probably just dodge the issue and write

    static {
        String s = null;
        try {
            s = HunkIO.readEntireFile( ALLPADS_FILE );
        catch (IOException e) {
            err.println("Unable to access allPads.pad");
        }
        allPads = s;
    }

     Aside: The error message would be more helpful if it
didn't lose the information carried in the IOException, and
mightn't "allPads.pad" be better as ALLPADS_FILE?

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