Bernd Kreimeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> public abstract class BS {
> /** The local host default. */
> public static final InetAddress LOCALHOST;
>
> static {
> InetAddress localhost = null;
> try {
> localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
> }
> catch ( UnknownHostException ex ) {
> System.err.println("Failed to retrieve local host");
> }
> LOCALHOST = localhost;
> }
> }
>
>
> If compiled with javac BS.java, no problem is reported.
> If compiled a BSS extending BS, as javac BSS.java,
> I get (reported for BS.java, not BSS):
>
> Blank final variable 'LOCALHOST' may not have been initialized.
> It must be assigned a value in an initializer, or in every
> constructor.
> static {
>
>
> Even if the error was justified, the error should be reported
> no matter what source I compile - and yes, I deleted *all* class
> files. Worse, if I compile BS first, BSS afterwards, no compile
> error is reported. Is this Sun BS? Or some Linux JDK problem?
Bernd,
can you send me a complete example?
There are some known problems with blank finals and the 1.1 javac,
javac from 1.2 is much better.
Juergen
