Re: why use final here
"Ravi" <ra.ravi.rav@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176323729.595310.183730@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
class MouseEvents {
public static void main(String args[]) {
final Frame mainWindow = new Frame("Main Window");
Button btnClr = new Button("Clear");
btnClr.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent
me) {
mainWindow.repaint();
}
} );
mainWindow.setSize(200,200);
mainWindow.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
mainWindow.add(btnClr);
mainWindow.setVisible (true);
mainWindow.addMouseListener(new
MyMouseAdapter(mainWindow));
}
}
class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
Frame FListener;
MyMouseAdapter(Frame FListener) {
this.FListener = FListener;
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
FListener.getGraphics().drawString("*",me.getX(),me.getY());
}
}
The problem is that use of mainWindow (as used for the mouseClick
event of the btnClr) requires mainWindow to be final because *too*
much nesting. Why? Couldn't get it.
Because mainWindow is a local variable and is used in a local class
declaration (new MouseAdapter(){}).
This means that if mainWindow were not final you could reassign the variable
where as the local classes intance, may live longer than the method scope.
The compiler therefore forces you to be sure you know what value you are
letting that instance see. If mainWindow was an instance attribute rather
than local then there is no such requirement because there are no such scope
issues.
--
Mike W
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