Re: javac, depend, and interface constants

[Stefan Bodewig]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Larry V. Streepy, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm not a JLS guru by any means, but I thought non-final references
> had to be left as real references.

True, but there is nothing like a non-final reference in an interface,
see
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/interfaces.doc.html#78642>:

>> Every field declaration in the body of an interface is implicitly
>> public, static, and final. It is permitted to redundantly specify any
>> or all of these modifiers for such fields.

So, even if you don't put the "final" into your source, the reference
is final as far as Java is concerned.

Stefan