Re: "final" in "for"

From:
Wojtek <nowhere@a.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:39:59 -0800
Message-ID:
<mn.53337d9c496be781.70216@a.com>
Lew wrote :

Wojtek wrote:

If this does come about, final is fine.

Though one could STILL monkey about:

int inc = 1;
for (final int i = 0; i < s.length(); i += inc)
{
? inc = 1;
? char ch = s.charAt(i);

? if (ch != '\')
? {
? ? out.write(ch);
? }
? else
? {
? ? out.write(mapEscapeChar(s.charAt(i + 1)));
? ? inc = 2;
? }

}


The question arises whether 'final' would apply to all declared loop
variables:

  for ( int inc = 1, i = 0; i < s.length(); i += inc)
vs.
  for ( final int inc = 1, i = 0; i < s.length(); i += inc)


Ah, the joys of working around language limitations:

private enum Step
{
  SINGLE(1),
  TWO(2),
  THREE(3);

  private int distance;

  Step(int distanceValue)
  {
     distance = distanceValue;
  }

  private int getDistance()
  {
     return distance;
  }
}

Step step = Step.SINGLE;
for (final int i = 0; i < s.length(); i += step.getDistance() )
{
? step = Step.SINGLE;
? char ch = s.charAt(i);

? if (ch != '\')
? {
? ? out.write(ch);
? }
? else
? {
? ? out.write(mapEscapeChar(s.charAt(i + 1)));
? ? step = Step.TWO;
? }
}

and "out.write(mapEscapeChar(s.charAt(i + 1)));" should be wrapped in a
try/catch in case the '\' is the last character.

--
Wojtek :-)

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