Timeline for When should I use "final"?
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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
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| 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 |