
October 20th, 2005, 08:00 AM
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The Final (Constants) Story
Generally, it is better to swap a logic error for a compiler error. Compiler errors can be found quickly and fixed just as quickly, whereas logic errors can take thouands of man-hours to find and fix. This article explains how to use the Java keyword final to change logic errors into compiler errors, thus saving you an enormous amount of time. It is excerpted from chapter two of Hardcore Java, written by Robert Simmons Jr. (O'Reilly, 2004; ISBN: 0596005687).
Read the full article here: The Final (Constants) Story
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