Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods
Robert Klemme wrote:
You left out an important part of the sentence:
"If a final field is initialized to a compile-time constant IN THE
FIELD DECLARATION, [...] uses of that final field are replaced at
compile time with the compile-time constant." (uppercase by me)
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/memory.html#17.5.3
This is not applicable in the "properties" case because final fields
are NOT initialized in the field declaration:
public enum Prop {
A(true, true), B(true, false), C(false, true);
private final boolean a;
private final boolean b;
Prop(boolean a, boolean b) {
this.a = a;
this.b = b;
}
// ...
}
Excellent point.
And yet:
37: tableswitch { // 3 to 3
3: 67
default: 56
'3' is how it expanded 'kount' in the 'switch' in my example (where 'kount' is
final and set to 3).
and
public void run();
Code:
0: aload_0
1: getfield #21 // Field randy:Ljava/util/Random;
4: iconst_4
5: invokevirtual #30 // Method java/util/Random.nextInt:(I)I
8: istore_1
for
public void run()
{
int value = randy.nextInt( kount + 1 );
Note that the compiler DOES replace the reference with a constant. Looks like
I was right after all.
--
Lew
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