Re: How to initialise a final static String array

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From	Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
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On 3/18/2012 5:52 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I want to use final for my static variables. I now do for example:
> 	private static final Connection conn;
> 	private static final Combo      container;
>
> and
> 	static {
> 		Connection tempConn;
> 		Statement  tempStmt;
> 		try {
> 			Class.forName("org.h2.Driver");
> 			tempConn = DriverManager.getConnection(
> 					"jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/databases/stock", "sa", "");
> 			tempStmt = tempConn.createStatement();
> 		} catch (Exception e) {
> 			tempConn = null;
> 			tempStmt = null;
> 		}
> 		conn = tempConn;
> 		stmt = tempStmt;
>
> and
> 		if (conn == null) {
> 			throw new Exception("Could not initialise");
> 		}
>
> The only problem I have is with my array of String.
> I now have:
> 	private static final String[] titles = {
> 		"Stock",
> 		"Number",
> 		"Dare",
> 		"Container"
> 	};
>
> Because when I put it in the static block I get an error.
> Beside this I can execute a statement like:
> 		titles[0] = "changed";
>
> Can I get the initialisation in the static part? And in such a way
> that the elements can not be changed?
>

public class test {
     static final String[] words;

     static {
         words = new String[] {"hello","world"};
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         System.out.println(words[0]);
     }
}

Don't know why you would want to do that though.

-- 

Knute Johnson

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How to initialise a final static String array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-03-18 13:52 +0100
  Re: How to initialise a final static String array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-03-18 13:54 +0100
  Re: How to initialise a final static String array Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-18 09:50 -0700
  Re: How to initialise a final static String array Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-18 10:28 -0700
  Re: How to initialise a final static String array Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-18 18:12 -0700
    Re: How to initialise a final static String array Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-19 09:34 -0700

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