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Dec 23, 2012 at 21:36 history edited Charles
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Feb 12, 2009 at 19:09 vote accept Michał Tatarynowicz
Feb 9, 2009 at 2:21 history edited Michał Tatarynowicz
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Feb 8, 2009 at 21:25 comment added Nik Reiman Ah, ok... your original question didn't say anything about using "final" for methods, which comes in handy much more often than for entire classes.
Feb 8, 2009 at 21:09 history edited Michał Tatarynowicz CC BY-SA 2.5
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Feb 8, 2009 at 21:02 comment added Michał Tatarynowicz One particular use I can think of is legacy classes that are being depreciated. In this case "final" is used to stop further propagation of that code.
Feb 8, 2009 at 21:00 answer added Ryan Emerle timeline score: 2
Feb 8, 2009 at 21:00 history edited Nik Reiman CC BY-SA 2.5
Specified that the question is about final classes, not just final objects/methods
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:51 answer added Sören Kuklau timeline score: 6
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:49 answer added Kb. timeline score: 0
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:45 history edited Michał Tatarynowicz CC BY-SA 2.5
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Feb 8, 2009 at 20:37 answer added Justin Yost timeline score: 0
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:36 answer added chaos timeline score: 3
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:35 answer added Nik Reiman timeline score: 13
Feb 8, 2009 at 20:32 history asked Michał Tatarynowicz CC BY-SA 2.5